Synonyms for curiously

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1. curiously, oddly, peculiarly(adverb)

   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, interrogatively(adverb)

   with curiosity

   "the baby looked around curiously"

   Synonyms:
   oddly, peculiarly, interrogatively, inquisitively

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1. List of paraphrases for "curiously":

   strangely, interestingly, oddly, bizarrely, surprisingly, amazingly, remarkably, suspiciously, peculiarly

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How to use curiously in a sentence?

1. Robert Kavcic:

   Regionally, the Prairies were curiously strong in November, led by a hefty gain in Alberta.

2. Joshua Pollard:

   It remains one of the most remarkable instances of long-distance movement of megaliths in the ancient world, yet was curiously under-studied, i'm sure we'll be back.

3. 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.

4. Sir 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.

5. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs.

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