curious

Definition

  • adjective: having a desire to learn or know more about something or someone
  • adjective: made carefully
  • synonyms: inquisitive, prying, careful

Examples

  • The story of what really happened to them that day gets 'curiouser and curiouser'. [=stranger and stranger]

  • The 'curious' [='inquisitive'] reader can find more information in the back of the book.

  • By a 'curious' coincidence, they bought a house the same day their old one burned down.

Movie quotes

  • (..) See, % of our population has been diagnosed at risk of infection, and I intend to keep those numbers safe and sound, which is I'm very curious about what happened at the CDC. See, the last we heard, after the broadcasts stopped, rioters had taken over the building, (..)
    2016 TvShow: 12 Monkeys Title: Lullaby Season: 2 Episode 8