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Curious

adjective

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. Synonyms: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular. "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"

Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns). "A trap door that made me curious" , "Curious investigators" , "Traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers" , "Curious about the neighbor's doings"

Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more.

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"Curious" Quotes from Famous Books

... love Mr. McMaster as much as they admired his zeal. He was in many ways a quaint, curious character. His body seemed so small and insignificant, and his spirit so mighty. He knew neither fear nor despair in the prosecution of his chosen work, and it was impossible to be associated with him without being infected by his unquenchable ardour. For some time no special incident ...

— Bert Lloyd's Boyhood - A Story from Nova Scotia • J. McDonald Oxley

... curiously named and obscurely defined. There is apparently a causal body which is possibly the vehicle of will and, more involved still, a super-spiritual body which is the reality of God deep within us, and the carrier and vehicle of our supreme and enduring personal values. All this is a curious enough mingling of psychology, a subtle materialism, and unbounded speculation; it is equally beyond proof and denial, though for the proof of it the theosophist offers the testimony of those whose ...

— Modern Religious Cults and Movements • Gaius Glenn Atkins

... first greetings had been passed with our friends, every man was curious to learn the particulars of General Smith's march through Southeastern Kentucky, and of the fight at Richmond. General Smith had collected at Knoxville, and other points in East Tennessee, some twenty thousand men, and leaving eight thousand, under General Stephenson, in front of Cumberland ...

— History of Morgan's Cavalry • Basil W. Duke

... answered gallantly. 'Your voice never speaks harsh judgmentsthough I am afraid the truth about myself would be less than flattering. What is it, Mrs. Rollo? I am curious. It is said, ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... that I made signs to them to come to the shore, they took heart and came, and began to search for the creature. I found him by his blood staining the water; and by the help of a rope, which I slung round him, and gave the negroes to haul, they dragged him on shore, and found that it was a most curious leopard, spotted, and fine to an admirable degree; and the negroes held up their hands with admiration, to think what it was ...

— Robinson Crusoe • Daniel Defoe

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