curiously

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curious/ˈkjʊəriəs/

▶adjective

• 1 eager to know or learn something.

• 2 strange; unusual.

  ■ euphemistic erotic or pornographic.

– derivatives
curiously adverb,
curiousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. curios, from L. curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’.