Adjective : a curious sort of person; a curious scene. ,a curious inquiry. From Dictionary.com.
"curiousness" he had never experienced before filled the chamber as Sanford arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Spartanburg Herald Journal] Reference
Such a lack of curiousness may not suggest idiocy. From Wordnik.com. [In Europe, Bush Repeats a Regret on Iraq: His Tone - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
That's cool, out of curiousness what is your cup of tea movie wise?. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Gilliam Has His New Don Quixote; And the Winner Is… | /Film] Reference
I even reconciled Chaucer's spelling with the quaintness and curiousness of the old, old town. From Wordnik.com. [At Home with the Jardines] Reference
She's anbete, troublesome, a generalized term used to describe any small child' curiousness and antics. From Wordnik.com. [Rain & Sun] Reference
"My first reaction was concern, and curiousness as to the extent of it," Miller, 66, said in an interview. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa AG: Fury over foreclosures not surprising] Reference
It seems many Guelph Flickerites have amassed their own wonder-rooms, chock full of curiousness for all to see. From Wordnik.com. [Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites] Reference
And there's something more: a curiousness, an unexpectedness in the makeup of the family's features and in their manner. From Wordnik.com. ['Writing On The Edge' Excerpt: Paradise Lost For Armenian Refugees] Reference
I missed the creature, and it looked at the new hole in the window with the curiousness of a cat looking at a laser pointer. From Wordnik.com. [Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile] Reference
The originality an 'curiousness o' the thing would be sure to. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
Sympathy, with curiousness in their eyes and as much inhumanity. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations from the PG Collected Works of Gilbert Parker] Reference
Maybe, then, this is how all this curiousness is to be explained. From Wordnik.com. [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference
At the sound of his voice the woman peered at him with quick curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Love of Life and Other Stories] Reference
Dickon's round eyes were full of eager curiousness but he said not a word. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Garden] Reference
That so great curiousness might not seem to arise from any fear and cowardice. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians] Reference
Loristan looked at his hot twelve-year-old face with a reflective curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Prince] Reference
"Is it?" cried Colin, and his eyes began to search the ivy with eager curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Garden] Reference
The curiousness of the subject will, I hope, excuse my dwelling on it for some time. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
She was frightened that it still remained -- frightened at her own great curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Covered Wagon] Reference
There is nothing else to recommend the poem except its wit and the curiousness of the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn] Reference
I commented, "You read widely out of pure curiousness," and she said, "Yes, I've always been that way.". From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
I am old enough to make ready to die, and a great curiousness have I about what will happen to me when I am dead. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry of the Islands] Reference
You will notice from the above example, I make a link with a sense of curiousness into it to make you click the link. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
He felt a boyish curiousness as to the behavior of the different articles, and which would succumb first to the destroyer. From Wordnik.com. [Their Alcove] Reference
Patrick didn’t give a second thought to the curiousness of his own comment — “no strings attached.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
"'Tut, tut, Eddie,' I answers, holding him hard; 'let an old friend gaze on the exhibition of your curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
A certain reverent curiousness that she approached the cabin, while the Hush on her cheek showed a yet riper mellowness. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Interrogation] Reference
I also don't want to know who Hawke's and Indigo's mates are, even if I'm dying of curiousness (does that word even exist?. From Wordnik.com. [Writing] Reference
In children a great curiousness be well. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
"See the convenience and the curiousness of these arrangements; and look at the inlaying, child!. From Wordnik.com. [The End of a Coil] Reference
The curiousness of the subject will. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise of Human Nature] Reference
I have some time, for curiousness, my Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Mary and Harold] Reference
"This, look you, were but matter of curiousness.". From Wordnik.com. [Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall] Reference
It was not a criticism, more a curiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Shuttertalk - Getting Intimate with Digital Photography] Reference
"over-curiousness of expression"; and, where he writes. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Arnold] Reference
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