| ADJECTIVE | all | curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected |
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| all | curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) |
| Sounds | kyuh'riyahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. | |
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| Example | "a curious hybrid accent" | |
| Synonyms | funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular | |
| Broader | strange, unusual | definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected |
| Spanish | curioso, extraño, inusual, original, peculiar, raro, singular | |
| Catalan | curiós, estrany, original, peculiar, rar, singular | |
| Nouns | curiosity | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
| curiousness | the quality of being alien or not native | |
| Adverbs | curiously | in a manner differing from the usual or expected |
| Meaning | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns). | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering | showing curiosity |
| nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy | offensively curious or inquisitive | |
| overcurious | showing excessive curiosity | |
| See also | inquiring | given to inquiry / inquiry |
| interested | Having or showing interest | |
| Opposite | incurious | showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity |
| Spanish | curioso, inquisitivo | |
| Catalan | curiós, curiosa | |
| Nouns | curiosity | a state in which you want to learn more about something |
| curiousness | a state of active curiosity | |
| Adverbs | curiously | with curiosity |
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