What's the difference between curiously and inquisitively?

Curiously


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a curious manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The curious thing, it seems to me, is that she was never criticised for it.
  • (2) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
  • (3) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • (4) The curiously double nature of the virgin in this tale, her purity versus her duplicity, seems unquestionably related to the infantile split mother, as elucidated by Klein--a connection explored in an earlier paper.
  • (5) It was curious in that it was the only thing I was doing that was not directly related to theatre or film.
  • (6) Curiously, actual modelling conducted by the Housing Industry Association suggests that limiting negative gearing could actually cause house prices to go up.
  • (7) So it may seem curious that Tina Modotti became one of Mexican Folkways’s official photographers.
  • (8) Another expanding market in the UK is frozen yogurt and that, curiously, we do seem happy to eat year-round.
  • (9) Curiously, although the cells of foci in early phases of development did not exhibit dye-transfer capacity, dye-coupling was observed in mass cultures of most transformed cell lines cloned from foci.
  • (10) Inside the building, the gallery spaces are curiously straightforward.
  • (11) In ten of these patients clinical evaluation established a diagnosis, for example: drug allergy, food allergy, a curious form of hospital addiction syndrome, an underlying malignancy, systemic mast cell disease or a complement abnormality.
  • (12) A curious mixture, born in South Africa and living on the Isle of Man, he draws on the oddities of both as a source for gags.
  • (13) "I find it quite curious that it's Mark Thompson who is leading the charge about News Corp's plurality when the BBC always put their hands up and say we're impartial.
  • (14) Along with a team of collaborators with curiously close ties throughout a big election and its aftermath.
  • (15) The tenth case of this curious entity in a diverticulum of urethra in women is presented here.
  • (16) 7.49pm BST "Living in the States during a World Cup is always fascinating, but this year is even more curious," says Oliver Pattenden.
  • (17) But it's a curious priority, especially when the mayor himself cycles in everyday clothes and has expressed the hope that other Londoners will, too, as happens in the Netherlands and Denmark.
  • (18) • Match report: Argentina 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina • Match report: Argentina 1-0 Iran • Match report: Argentina 3-2 Nigeria • Match report: Argentina 1-0 Belgium • Match report: Argentina 0-0 Holland (Argentina win 4-2 on pens) 3) Holland ▲1 There was not to be a final masterstroke from Louis van Gaal, whose Holland side deserved its spot in the last four but had a curious tournament.
  • (19) It seems however, to be due to an immunologic process as shown by the relationship between this curious disease and Goodpasture's syndrome.
  • (20) All of which makes it curious to find the film's stars abruptly reunited in the airy limbo of a Paris hotel, just south of the Arc de Triomphe.

Inquisitively


Definition:

  • (adv.) In an inquisitive manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fifa 15 is on the way; Dragon Age Inquisition and Hardline too.
  • (2) At the same time, it is important for our enjoyment of Bake Off that the insouciance does not go all the way (the inquisitive camera, for example, captures Ian’s set jaw, betraying his iron will).
  • (3) There’s also Birdsong, an e-commerce platform selling high-quality products made by women’s charities – and Curiosity Club, an education venture which wants to cultivate an inquisitive nature and passion for learning in children from less privileged socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • (4) • Gather inquisitive and reflective people around you.
  • (5) But in the media storm that followed it was not the inflammatory preachers but the programme-makers who found themselves subject to an inquisition.
  • (6) It puts you into an inquisitive, exploratory frame of mind.
  • (7) James Murdoch and the Guardian article in 2009 Ofcom again raps Murdoch for not being more inquisitive, as it believes a responsible chief executive faced with serious allegations should have done.
  • (8) He remains available for the occasional newspaper interview with a friendly proprietor and, at conference time, finds time for a 20-minute breakfast inquisition.
  • (9) A lot of students thought of this as a new inquisition, a witch hunt,” Deleon recalls.
  • (10) Clinical pathology officially began when inquisitive physicians in the nineteenth century sought explanations for the diseases they observed in their patients.
  • (11) The prosecution played the inquisition; the judge played its enthusiastic helper; the defence attorneys played the fool; and only the defendants themselves played it straight, giving pointed political speeches at the end of their ridiculous ordeal.
  • (12) Then maybe you might even avoid being called by the Inquisition for an 'assessment' of whether you have the Devil's mark or a third nipple or any other sign that you are a heretical 'scrounger'.
  • (13) "Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition" says Palin, ever the showman.
  • (14) He went to Spain, where he served as personal physician to Emperor Charles V. After almost 20 years in Spain, he became involved in an unfortunate incident that incurred the condemnation of the Inquisition.
  • (15) But once the barriers come down, they can be warm, helpful and, eventually, very inquisitive.
  • (16) He is the American cardinal who marched in San Francisco protesting against gay marriage and was accused of turning a blind eye to paedophile priests before he took over the Vatican's doctrinal office, the modern version of the Inquisition.
  • (17) Galileo spent the latter part of his life under house arrest courtesy of the Vatican's inquisition for his heresy in insisting the Earth revolved around the sun.
  • (18) So perhaps it's less about being a woman and more about being (I hope) an inquisitive journalist, who funnily enough likes talking to people, asking questions and listening to the answers.
  • (19) Monitoring how these are promoted in individual schools must be done with common sense and sensitivity.” Examining the DfE’s response to the affair, the report said there was a proven “ lack of inquisitiveness ” within the department prior to the Trojan horse letter, which could be partially explained by the general level of awareness of such issues at that time.
  • (20) It's a civilising voice and it makes us inquisitive.

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