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

  • (..) But hard enough to get through her breastplate into her heart. Once you do that, you press down on the plunger. OK, then what happens? I'm kind of curious about that myself. This ain't no fuckin' joke, man! - Am I gonna kill her? - No, no! She's supposed to come (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) One in my left eyebrow. One in my belly. One in my lip. One in my clit. And I wear a stud in my tongue. VINCENT: Excuse me. I was just curious, but, um... why would you wear a stud in your tongue? It's a sex thing. Helps fellatio. Vincenzo. Step into my office. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction