curious
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Britannica Dictionary definition of CURIOUS
[more curious; most curious]
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having a desire to learn or know more about something or someone
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The cat was naturally curious about its new surroundings.
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They were curious to find out who won the game.
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We're curious about why you never called us.
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The curious [=inquisitive] reader can find more information in the back of the book.
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I'm curious to know more about her.
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strange, unusual, or unexpected
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She found a curious old clock in the attic.
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That's curious [=weird, strange, odd]—I thought I left my keys right here.
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The birds were engaged in some curious behavior.
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Their music is a curious blend of disco and rock.
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By a curious coincidence, they bought a house the same day their old one burned down.
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The story of what really happened to them that day gets curiouser and curiouser. [=stranger and stranger]
— curiously
adverb-
She was curiously uninterested in what other people thought was important.
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Curiously [=strangely] (enough), the dog returned to its home 70 miles away.
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He looked at the strange object curiously.
