curious _adjective

1-) wanting to know about something

ADVERBS

deeply, intensely, extremely 
・He began to feel intensely curious about Anna.

little, mildly, rather 
・Colin was a little curious about the reasons for her visit.

naturally
・Children are naturally curious and they like to find out why things happen.

genuinely
・She seemed genuinely curious about my work.

just, merely 
・“Why do you want to know?” “I’m just curious, that’s all.”
・Don’t worry. The children are merely curious, as we don’t get many visitors here.

NOUNS 

look, glance, stare 
・Her shouting attracted some curious glances from other people in the restaurant.

onlookers 
・Curious onlookers watched as the car started to roll back down the hill.

VERBS

make
・She had told me just enough to make me curious.

feel
・He felt slightly curious, and went for a closer look.

grow 
・When nothing happened, people began to grow curious.

PREPOSITIONS

about
・He was curious about the money.

as to
・I am curious as to why she left.

PHRASES

curious to know/find out/hear 
・Mandy was curious to know what happened.

2-) strange or unusual

VERBS

look, seem, sound 
・It all looks very curious to me.

NOUNS 

thing
・A curious thing happened to me the other day. 

way
・In a curious way, the argument had actually made them feel closer to each other. 

mixture
・He felt a curious mixture of excitement and anxiety. 

fact
・It is a curious fact that Lee wrote no other books after the success of her first novel. 

coincidence
・It was a curious coincidence that the couple were both born on the same day.

sensation, feeling 
・She had a curious sensation in her legs.