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. Walt Kelly:

   There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   Curiously, the same radicals who want to turn Democrats into the party of court-packing also badly wanted Judge Jackson for this vacancy. It’s a matter of record that this nominee was the anointed favorite of these fringe groups.

3. 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.

4. Walter Pater:

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

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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