| query | If you describe something as c______, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand .If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand . There is a curious thing about her writings in this period. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern. The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious. Harry was curiously silent through all this. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health. |
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| word | curious |
| full-definition | adjective If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it. Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from. Children are naturally curious. ...a group of curious villagers. The woman in the shop had looked at them curiously. 'Is that how you got that scar on your face?' Bess asked curiously. If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand . There is a curious thing about her writings in this period. The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern. The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious. Harry was curiously silent through all this. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health. |
| inflections | curiouslycuriously |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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