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

  • (..) - You're still in our filing system. So your aunt owns this place, right? I own it. Look, no one's looking for you. Why are you here? I was curious. Honestly, I never expected you to amount to much... ...but methamphetamine. I didn't picture that. - There's a lot of money in it, huh? (..)
    2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1