curious: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Prefixes of curious


Suffixes of curious

  • curiously
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    curiously

    • adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
      peculiarly; oddly.
      • had a curiously husky voice
      • he's behaving rather peculiarly
    • adverb with curiosity
      inquisitively; interrogatively.
      • the baby looked around curiously
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    curious

    • adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
      funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
      • 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
    • adjective 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
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    curiousness

    • noun a state of active curiosity
      inquisitiveness.
    • noun the quality of being alien or not native
      foreignness; strangeness.
      • the strangeness of a foreigner

Derived words of curious


About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `curious`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `curious`, some are not.

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