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Common collocations with curious in American Collocation

curious adjective

US /ˈkjʊriəs/

very

endlessly
extremely
genuinely
insatiably
intensely
really
terminally
very

Children are insatiably curious and may well find medicines which are not in a locked cabinet.

slightly

a little
mildly
slightly

Clicking this link implies that you are at least mildly curious about me.

rather

quite
rather
somewhat

I am somewhat curious as to your reasons for telling people about your diagnosis.

only

just
merely
plain
simply

Some requests are from researchers for media programmes and some are from people who are just plain curious.

naturally

naturally

I am a naturally curious person.

about academic work

intellectually

We are looking for students who are intellectually curious.

in an unpleasant way

morbidly

Only the expert, or the morbidly curious, would want to linger in a funeral parlour.

be curious

be
feel

I have always felt curious about other countries.

become curious

become
get

He ran off when passers-by became curious.

discover
find
find out
hear
know
learn
note
observe
see

I’m curious to know why you left the army.

adventurous
enthusiastic
inquisitive
intelligent
interested
open-minded
playful

Teachers at the High School aim to create inquisitive, curious young people who will always have that desire to find out more.

very

extremely
really
very

He died in very curious circumstances.

rather

quite
rather
somewhat

It’s rather curious, but there isn’t any photograph.

slightly

a little
slightly

It was a slightly curious thing but on the very first day of the new month the weather settled down and we got a week of hotish, dry weather.