curiously
adverb
cu·ri·ous·ly
ˈkyu̇r-ē-əs-lē 
ˈkyər-
1
: in a curious manner
seemed curiously calm
2
: as is curious
curiously, he continues to win reelection
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Further, that 73,000 figure for government jobs seems inordinately, curiously high.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Album number 11 comes as the Arizona native, 49, is, more than anything else, curiously examining a chapter of his career he's arrived at where, both statistically and creatively, he's potentially peaked yet again.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The clothes are no longer made in L.A., but curiously, the indie sleaze billboard campaign has returned to the city.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
The receipts, dated 1959 and 1960, are written out to the Staples Singers, B.B. King, Little Richard and the Harlem Globetrotters (curiously, a party of two).
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Album number 11 comes as the Arizona native, 49, is, more than anything else, curiously examining a chapter of his career he's arrived at where, both statistically and creatively, he's potentially peaked yet again.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The clothes are no longer made in L.A., but curiously, the indie sleaze billboard campaign has returned to the city.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
The receipts, dated 1959 and 1960, are written out to the Staples Singers, B.B. King, Little Richard and the Harlem Globetrotters (curiously, a party of two).
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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“Curiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curiously. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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