curious
IPA: kjˈʊriʌs
adjective
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- Caused by curiosity.
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
- (obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- (obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
- (chemistry, rare) Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.
- (LGBT) Clipping of bi-curious. [(LGBT) Interested in having relationships with both men and women, curious about one's potential bisexuality; especially, of heterosexual people, considering a first sexual experience with a member of the same sex.]
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Examples of "curious" in Sentences
- He is curious of his suitor.
- The timing is curious to say the least.
- The case resurged as people were curious.
- He was curious and wanted to find the answer.
- The date of signing of the first post is curious.
- Independent, curious and alert, yet imperturbable.
- He is curious as to the reappearance of the Twilight Bracelet.
- It is as useless for the expert as it is for the curious bystander.
- Lists of those questions are attractive to the intellectually curious.
- There are late improvements in galvanism with a series of curious and interesting experiments.