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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) |
| examples | 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 |
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| Also see | inquiring |
| Derivationally related form | curious → curiousness; curious → curiosity |
| Antonym | curious → incurious |
| Similar to | inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a); nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy; overcurious |
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| Similar to | inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a); nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy; overcurious |
| Antonym | incurious → curious |
| Also see | inquiring |
| Derived from adjective | curiously → curious |
| Derivationally related form | curiosity → curious; curiousness → curious |
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