overcuriously

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UK/əʊvəˈkjʊəɹɪəsli/

adverb

With too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.

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Meanings

adverbovercuriously (comparative more overcuriously, superlative most overcuriously)

comparative more overcuriously · superlative most overcuriously

  1. With too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.

    And Plato deemes it to be a vice of impiety, over-curiously to enquire after God, after the world, and after the first causes of things.

    , II.12

Origin

From overcurious + -ly.

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APA

overcuriously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcuriously

MLA

“overcuriously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcuriously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcuriously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcuriously.

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