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Word entry · 9 letters

curiously

Best crossword clue

"With inquisitive interest"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/Part of speech adverbSorted cilorsuuyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a manner differing from the usual or expected

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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