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curious

adjective
  1. Eager to acquire knowledge: inquiring, inquisitive, investigative, questioning. See investigate
  2. Unduly interested in the affairs of others: inquisitive, inquisitorial. Informal: nosy, snoopy. See investigate
  3. Causing puzzlement; perplexing: funny, odd, peculiar, queer, strange, weird. See usual
  4. Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang: kooky, screwball. British Slang: rum, rummy 2. See usual

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