curiously

Definition

In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

Etymology

From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "The children peeped curiously into the attic room."
• "Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar."
• "Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers."