curious
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
prying; meddlesome.
arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person;a curious scene.
Archaic.
made or prepared skillfully.
done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail: a curious inquiry.
careful; fastidious.
marked by intricacy or subtlety.
Origin of curious
1synonym study For curious
Other words for curious
1 | inquiring, interested |
2 | spying, peeping |
3 | singular, novel, rare |
Opposites for curious
Other words from curious
- cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- non·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- non·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- non·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- o·ver·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- su·per·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- su·per·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·cu·ri·ous·ness, noun
- un·cu·ri·ous, adjective
- un·cu·ri·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use curious in a sentence
For one Speyside distillery in particular, The Macallan, that process has come to be defined by some curiously small stills.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the postwar disintegration of the British Empire, Scots curiously disassociated themselves with the period altogether.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCuriously, even the dark meat does not ooze rivers of juice when you bite it.
Charlottesville Is Swimming in Finger Lickin’ Gas Station Fried Chicken | Jane & Michael Stern | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCuriously, Patton's accusers never came up with a reason she'd have killed her husband.
For the rest of the world, it was a curiously bizarre event.
Eavesdropping On Kim and Kanye’s Florentine “Wedding of the Century” | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet, so curiously constituted is the native mind, the blowing-up of the magazine was the final tocsin of revolt.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe was looking at me with eyebrows arched, curiously, and there was a faint suggestion of hostility in the set of his mouth.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHe put up his brown hands and suddenly sketched Baroudi's curiously shaped eyebrows.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensIn a corner stood a mediæval well, the sides curiously carved.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe Seneschal peered at him curiously through shortsighted eyes.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for curious
/ (ˈkjʊərɪəs) /
eager to learn; inquisitive
overinquisitive; prying
interesting because of oddness or novelty; strange; unexpected
rare (of workmanship, etc) highly detailed, intricate, or subtle
obsolete fastidious or hard to please
Origin of curious
1Derived forms of curious
- curiously, adverb
- curiousness, noun
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