curiously

adv

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

1. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.

   “The children peeped curiously into the attic room.”

2. 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.”