curiously
/ˈkjʊəriəsli/adverb
उच्चारण क्युअरिअस्ली
उत्सुकता से, जिज्ञासा से
Core word
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in a way that shows you want to know about something
उत्सुकता से, जिज्ञासा से
- The children watched curiously as the magician opened the box.
- She looked at me curiously.
- The cat sniffed curiously at the strange bag.
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- She peered curiously through the window.
- The students listened curiously to the guest speaker.
Synonyms inquisitively with interest
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in a strange or unusual way
अजीब ढंग से, विचित्र रूप से
- The house was curiously quiet.
- He seemed curiously calm after the accident.
- The streets were curiously empty on the festival morning.
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- He felt curiously light after finishing his exams.
- The old clock ticked curiously slowly.
Synonyms strangely oddly peculiarly
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used to say that something is strange or surprising
अजीब बात है कि, हैरानी की बात है कि
- Curiously enough, nobody noticed the mistake.
- Curiously, the shop was completely empty at lunchtime on a busy Saturday.
- Curiously, the pen was found in the teacher's own bag.
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- Curiously, she did not remember a thing about the journey.
- Curiously enough, both brothers chose the same career.
Synonyms strangely oddly
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
curiously + verb (showing interest)
Used with a verb of looking or asking, curiously means with a keen wish to know.
Looking या asking जैसी क्रिया के साथ 'curiously' का अर्थ जानने की तीव्र इच्छा से है।
- The child looked curiously at the old camera.
- Radhika asked curiously, 'Where does this road go?'
curiously + adjective / adverb (strange)
Before an adjective or another adverb, curiously means in a strange or unusual way.
Adjective या दूसरे adverb से पहले 'curiously' का अर्थ अजीब या असामान्य ढंग से है।
- The hall was curiously silent after the announcement.
- He was curiously calm before the result.
Curiously, + clause (sentence adverb)
At the start of a sentence, curiously comments on a fact that is surprising, and it is followed by a comma.
वाक्य के आरंभ में 'curiously' किसी आश्चर्यजनक तथ्य पर टिप्पणी करता है और उसके बाद comma आता है।
- Curiously, the shop was empty on the day of the sale.
- Curiously enough, nobody noticed the mistake.
curiously vs curious
Curious is the adjective and curiously is the adverb; an adverb is needed to modify a verb.
'Curious' adjective है और 'curiously' adverb; क्रिया को modify करने के लिए adverb आवश्यक है।
- She was curious about the box.
- She opened the box curiously.
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verb + curiously
lookstarepeepaskglance
- The villagers peeped curiously through the gate.
curiously + adjective
quietsilentfamiliarabsentmoved
- The face of the stranger seemed curiously familiar.
curiously + enough / similar
enoughsimilarreluctantunmoved
- Curiously enough, the topper had failed the same test last year.
curiously + participle
curiously shapedcuriously wordedcuriously namedcuriously silent
- The question paper had a curiously worded passage.
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- The little girl watched the potter curiously as he shaped the clay.
कुम्हार को मिट्टी को आकार देते देख छोटी बच्ची कौतूहल से देखती रही।
- Curiously, the bird returns to the same tree every evening.
आश्चर्य की बात है कि वह पक्षी हर शाम उसी पेड़ पर लौट आता है।
- The old man smiled curiously at the stranger's question.
बूढ़ा व्यक्ति अजनबी के प्रश्न पर रहस्यमय ढंग से मुस्कुराया।
- The results were curiously close, with only one mark between the two teams.
परिणाम अजीब ढंग से क़रीब थे; दोनों टीमों के बीच केवल एक अंक का अंतर था।
- He tapped the machine curiously to see what would happen.
उसने जिज्ञासावश मशीन को थपथपाया कि देखें क्या होता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The students looked at the rainbow curious.
✓ The students looked at the rainbow curiously.
An adverb, not an adjective, is needed to modify the verb looked here.
यहाँ क्रिया 'looked' को modify करने के लिए adverb चाहिए, adjective नहीं।
✗ Curiously the lights went out at noon.
✓ Curiously, the lights went out at noon.
A sentence adverb at the start is followed by a comma.
वाक्य के आरंभ के sentence adverb के बाद comma लगता है।