curious

Definition of curious in English English dictionary: Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore
Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.; Prompted by curiosity
But he to shift their curious request, / Gan causen, why she could not come in place .; unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre
The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.; Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy
But departing thence, when we found no houses, we were not curious in any weather, to lie 3 or 4 nights together upon any shore under the trees by a good fire.; If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from a group of curious villagers. = inquisitive + curiously cu·ri·ous·ly The woman in the shop had looked at them curiously; {a} inquisitive, nice, neat, exact, rare; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"; having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious"; {s} inquisitive, desiring to know and understand anything; odd, strange; rare; Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact; eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious. = odd, peculiar + curiously cu·ri·ous·ly Harry was curiously silent through all this; Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare; Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill; Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; sometimes with after or of; having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; "a trap door that made me curious
bi-curious: Curious about having heterosexual relationships
bi-curious: Curious about having homosexual relationships
curiousness: The state or quality of being curious
curiousness: The result or product of being curious
gay curious: Curious about one's homosexuality, curious to try homosexuality
odd and curious: On the Isle of Man, the common or general man
The odd and curious is born good and pure. The society corrupts.
odd and curious: A way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged
curiously: {a} inquisitively, neatly, exactly, well
becoming curious: becoming eager to know
curiously: In a curious manner
curiously: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
curiously: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously
curiously: with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously
curiously: with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously"
curiously: in an inquisitive manner
curiousness: a state of active curiosity
curiousness: the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"
curiousness: The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance
curiousness: Carefulness; painstaking
curiousness: Inquisitiveness; curiosity
curiousness: {i} inquisitiveness, interest, nosiness
curiousness: The state of being curious; curiosity
very curious: very strange, very unusual; eager to know