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

  • (..) - Four months. Do you love him? It's a pretty serious relationship, yeah. It's very serious. Is he a headcase like me? I'm just curious. No more than I am. I know that it's a serious relationship. I know there are ups and downs. Right? People have doubts and problems. (..)
    2006 The Departed
  • (..) - He's clean. - Arm. Yeah, come on. What arm? What fucking arm? Show me your arm. Flip it. Makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. He's clean. And if I can slander my own environment... ...it makes me sad, this regression. (..)
    2006 The Departed