curious
adjective
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
curiousness
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a word derived from
curious.
Example Sentences
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It adds to the curiousness of caecilians, who were already known for feeding hatchlings skin ripped off mom’s back as a postnatal nutritious snack.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
We are placed in a constant state of curiousness, wondering where the storytellers are leading us and when we’re the ones driving the tale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Rules, guardrails and boundaries can lead us into a state of safe curiousness, one where we’re given permission to be vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Borths said the pseudo-thumb hid in plain sight, probably because it was overshadowed by the curiousness of the aye-aye’s other fingers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2019
And I to hide our name, lest we to be beset by any, out of natural curiousness and kindliness; for we to need to be utter together and quiet.
From The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
