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say it: KYUUR-ee-uhs
curious is an adjective meaning "beyond or deviating from the usual or expected". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for curious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.