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

  • (..) Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is "Space Ranger." The word I'm searching for I can't say because there's preschool toys present. Gettin' kinda tense, aren't ya? Mr Lightyear, now, I'm curious. What does a Space Ranger actually do? He's not a Space Ranger! He doesn't fight evil (..)
    1995 Toy Story