overcuriously

English

Alternative forms

over-curiously

Etymology

From overcurious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊvəˈkjʊəɹɪəsli/

Adverb

overcuriously (comparative more overcuriously, superlative most overcuriously)

1. With too much curiosity; in an overcurious manner.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.12:

     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.