Antonyms for curiouslycu·ri·ous·ly

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1. curiously, oddly, peculiarlyadverb

   in a manner differing from the usual or expected

   "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"

   Synonyms:
   especially, inquisitively, peculiarly, funnily, oddly, queerly, particularly, specially, interrogatively, strangely

2. curiously, inquisitively, interrogativelyadverb

   with curiosity

   "the baby looked around curiously"

   Synonyms:
   oddly, peculiarly, interrogatively, inquisitively

How to use curiously in a sentence?

1. Francis Bacon:

   Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

2. Walter Pater:

   What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions.

3. Paul de Man:

   Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means.

4. Jose Miguel Vivanco:

   Curiously enough, now that powerful politicians or wealthy businessmen are subject to that same kind of treatment, now all of a sudden this issue is being debated.

5. Thomas Fuller:

   I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

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