CURIOUS

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : funny , odd , peculiar , queer , rum , rummy , singular

  There is something very queer about this town. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more

  "a trap door that made me curious"

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