# curiously

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs.li/ · frequency rank #22,339

## Definitions
1. In a curious manner; with curiosity; inquisitively.
2. Oddly; in a strange or unexpected way.

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

## Easily confused with
- **curious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curious-vs-curiously)
- **cautiously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cautiously-vs-curiously)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccuriously`, `cruiously`, `cuirously`, `curiosuly`, `curioulsy`, `curiouslly`, `curiouslyy`, `curioussly`, `curiousyl`, `curiuosly`, `curoiusly`, `curriously`, `ucriously`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/curiously