curious
adjective (INTERESTED) /ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/
/ˈkjʊr.i-/ Definition
B1 interested in learning about people or things around you: I was curious to know what would happen next. Babies are curious about everything around them. "Why did you ask?" "I was just curious."CuriosityQuestioning people and asking questions in generalSuspecting and questioning curiously /-li/ adverb B2 Curiously (= strangely), there didn't seem to be a bank in the town.Strange, suspicious and unnaturalCuriosityQuestioning people and asking questions in generalSuspecting and questioning
(Definition of curious adjective (INTERESTED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- curiosity killed the cat idiom
- curiosity noun (INTEREST)
- inquiring adjective
- inquisitive adjective
- inquisitorial adjective
- meddlesome adjective
- nosy adjective
- nosy parker noun
- poke/stick your nose into sth idiom
- prurient adjective
- quizzical adjective
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
- thirsty adjective (WISH)
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