curiously
adv/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/UK/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs.li/US
Etymology
From Middle English curiusly, curyously, curiosly, curiouseliche, curyouslyche, equivalent to curious + -ly.
- inherited from curiusly
Definitions
In a curious manner
In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
- The children peeped curiously into the attic room.
Oddly
Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.
- 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.
- “The Life of a Showgirl” doesn’t quite fulfill this prophecy — or, rather, it delivers only technically. It is a work of hyperprofessional songcraft and production, but its emotional texture is curiously flat and joyless.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at curiously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at curiously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at curiously
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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