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curious
What does curious mean?
curious (adjective): tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use curious in a sentence?
- Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce curious?
/ˈkjʊɹiəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does curious come from?
From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to curious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “curious” mean?
spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction
Not quite: that's what round means.
tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying
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being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Not quite: that's what left means.
able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view
Not quite: that's what public means.
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