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

  • (..) Was it worth $ a day? Yes! Contact us today, or see your travel agent. Boy, have we got a vacation for you! l'm not worried at all. l'm just.... l'm just curious. How much do they weigh? Three or four pounds. That heavy. Do they have much of a kick? A Colt .? (..)
    1973 Westworld