核心畫面

Take 'interesting' and add -ly, and you get 'in an interesting way'. That is the plain picture. From it the word grows a second job: instead of describing how one action was done, it steps to the front of the sentence and says something about the whole fact — worth noticing, this one.

可以想成 interesting 加上 -ly,先得到最直白的一個意思:以有趣的方式。這是這個字的原點。從這裡它又長更多收起可以想成 interesting 加上 -ly,先得到最直白的一個意思:以有趣的方式。這是這個字的原點。從這裡它又長出第二份工作:不再描述某個動作怎麼做,而是走到句首,對整句話講一句話——這件事值得注意。分辨的方法很實用:能換成 in an interesting way 的,是原點那個用法;換不通、而且刪掉之後句子的事實完全不變的,就是站在句首下註解的那個。

From the word’s history

Recorded as interesting + -ly, with -ly forming the ordinary manner adverb; the sentence-adverb use sits on top of that.

字典把它記成 interesting 加 -ly。-ly 原本的工作是造出「以某種方式」的副詞,而句首評論的那個用法是後來疊在上面的第二層。

Wiktionary 'interestingly' etymology tree (supplied in evidence packet, kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1196180722)

Two branches

以有趣的方式做某件事

這是 -ly 最原本的工作,也是這個字的原點。

r · C1

In a way that holds people's attention and makes them want to know more.

有趣地

對整句話下註解

同樣是「有趣」,但評的對象從一個動作放大成整件事:作者暫時走到台前,提醒讀者這一點值得注意。字典把它標為 sentence adverb。

r · C1

Used at the beginning of a sentence to show that the fact you are about to give is worth noticing, often because it is surprising or not what people would expect.

有趣的是