B1adverbemotionspsychology
US/ˈkjʊr.i.əs.li/
UK/ˈkjʊə.ri.əs.li/
in a way that shows you want to know about something; also, in a strange or surprising way
In context
The children looked curiously at the foreign visitors in the village.
The cat watched me curiously as I opened the big box.
Curiously, nobody in the office had heard about the new rule.
Words that go with curiously
verb + adverb
- look curiouslyPeople on the bus looked curiously at my huge backpack.
- watch curiouslyA small boy watched curiously as the workers fixed the road.
- ask curiously'Where are you from?' the driver asked curiously.
- stare curiouslyThe monkeys stared curiously at the tourists' phones.
- glance curiouslyShe glanced curiously at the letter on my desk.