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Definition of Incuriously
1. adv. In an curious manner.
Definition of Incuriously
1. Adverb. In an incurious manner. ¹
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Definition of Incuriously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incuriously
Literary usage of Incuriously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... apparently satisfied the man, who leaned against the rail and waited, chewing
a spear of brome-grass, and staring steadily but incuriously at his boots. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"... glanced incuriously at the milestone, against which he still leant. Then his
heart gave a great jump. "Heavens!" he exclaimed, mentally. ..."
3. The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1914)
"Nearly every human being must have seen steam, seen it incuriously for many
thousands of years; ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"This is kept up amongst its own members, ever and anon refreshed by communications
from the mother country ; and it is not incuriously observed by the ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"INCURIOSITY.Cin-ku-re-os'-e-te) ns Want of curiosity ; inattentiveness ; negligence.
INCURIOUS, (in-kn'-re-us) a. Negligent; inattentive. incuriously ..."
6. The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor (1876)
"Men in the course of their lives walk lazily and incuriously, as if they had both
their feet in one shoe ; and when they are passively resolved to the time ..."
7. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1873)
"... spin," She turned his face into the sheltered gloom, Where many waited for
her to begin, Nor looking up to see whom she led in, Kindly, incuriously they ..."
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