Main entry: curious
Definition: eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
Usage: 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
Main entry: curious, queer, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular
Definition: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Usage: 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
Main entry: curious
Definition: having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
Usage: a trap door that made me curious