interestinglyadv.
/ˈɪntrᵻstɪŋli/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛstɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋli/ a. In an interesting manner, so as to interest.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adverb]
strikingly1752
fascinatingly1773
interestingly1811
engrossingly1835
absorbingly1836
rivetingly1849
arrestingly1882
fruitily1918
intriguingly1922
grippingly1934
compulsively1966
1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne vii. 133 The thrilling accents of her interestingly sweet voice.
1821 T. Campbell in New Monthly Mag. 1 387 None of them appeal more interestingly to the heart.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. 83 Another friend..writes thus interestingly concerning him.
b. Used as a sentence adverb.
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1972 Times 13 May 10/4 Interestingly Balanchine is no longer called a director of New York City Ballet.
1973 Nature 18 May 118/1 Interestingly, the results presented were not in accord with the rather precise quantum calculations.
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