Dog one lousy criminal in a strange way (9)
I believe the answer is:
curiously
'in a strange way' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'dog one lousy criminal' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (both can mean a despicable person).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'lousy' is an anagram of 'ously'.
'cur'+'i'+'ously'='CURIOUSLY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for curiously that I've seen before include "strangely" , "How questions are asked" , "Oddly, peculiarly" , "Inquisitive types behave so" , "In an odd way" .)