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Curious   /kjˈʊriəs/   Listen
Curious

adjective
1.
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.  Synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular.  "Her speech has a funny twang" , "They have some funny ideas about war" , "Had an odd name" , "The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" , "Something definitely queer about this town" , "What a rum fellow" , "Singular behavior"
2.
Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns).  "A trap door that made me curious" , "Curious investigators" , "Traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers" , "Curious about the neighbor's doings"
3.
Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more.



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"Curious" Quotes from Famous Books



... she said to him had still the flavour of adventure. She found herself inclined—and the experience was new—to make an effort for a reward which was problematical and had to be considered in averages, a reward put out in a thin and hesitating hand under a sacerdotal robe, with a curious, concentrated quality and a strange flavour of incense and the air of cold churches. There was also the impression—was it too fantastic—of words carried over a medium, an invisible wire which brought the soul of them and ...
— Hilda - A Story of Calcutta • Sara Jeannette Duncan
... 'we' occasionally acts the part of 'one.' The following sentence presents a curious alternation of 'we' with 'one'—possibly not accidental (George Eliot): 'It's a desperately vexatious thing that, after all one's reflections and quiet determinations, we should be ruled by moods ...
— The Verbalist • Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
... of the sounds they had heard, the travelers came upon a troupe of great baboons. It was a curious sight. The males were as big as large dogs, some were sitting sunning themselves on rocks, others were being scratched by the females. Many of these had a baby monkey clinging on their necks, while others were ...
— By Sheer Pluck - A Tale of the Ashanti War • G. A. Henty
... Western incarnations that he display too much delicacy. Those who will read his book may gather from it, beyond the interesting personal and political narrative of which it consists, many useful and curious hints as to the social development of America and of what men the country is truly made. It is a real work—one of value—interesting to all, and very truly one of the monuments of this war and of the scenes ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. • Various
... made by Keaonaloa with his ohe was curious, but not soul-filling. We must bear in mind, however, that it was intended only as an ...
— Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - The Sacred Songs of the Hula • Nathaniel Bright Emerson


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