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

  • (..) Well done. Hey Doctor what happens if I tase an exoskeleton with a little asshole on the side? I think We're all curious to find out. Go ahead. If I had a pulse, it would be racing. She's been waiting for months. I'm sure hers is too. (..)
    2014 RoboCop