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curiously



ADVERB
peculiarly
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This individual moment is a curiously nasty one, for sure.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

But as the latest entry in a fantasy series—especially at the midway point of a planned five-book plot arc—its momentum feels curiously unhurried.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Spicy, sweet and curiously chewy, Chinese latiao -- literally "spicy strips" -- are made by cooking wheat flour dough at a high temperature and pressure.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In practice, the levies are curiously similar by country to a previous round of tariffs imposed supposedly for completely different reasons.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Though of noble bearing, he wore the garb of an ordinary warrior, with no ornament save a curiously shaped iron brooch at his collar.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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