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

  • (..) just because a cargo ship snagged it with its anchor. I'd hate to do that again here. No, the shark was probably just curious and bit the cable just to see what it was. Sharks are always biting things. Ben: I wouldn't (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon