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curious

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curious in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    curious 
  2. having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
    "a trap door that made me curious"
    curious 
  3. 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"
    curious  funny  odd  peculiar  queer  rum  rummy  singular 
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