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- adjective nonstandard
comparative form ofcurious : morecurious
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Examples
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Then again, it was a Wonderland idea in the first place, so perhaps things will keep getting curiouser and curiouser.
Humiliating climbdown surely spells apocalypse for Horsemen's tariff 2011
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Those who have grown curiouser and curiouser about what the offbeat reinventor of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory might conjure up in his version of Alice in Wonderland can feast their eyes on this array of concept art and publicity images, due to hang in movie theaters this week to promote the March 5, 2010, release.
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Christine followed the Hattter out to the garden, under a tree, where the scene became curiouser and curiouser.
Jamie Stiehm: Christine's Adventures: A Mad Tea Party in Wonderland Jamie Stiehm 2010
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The deeper you drop down the rabbit hole of Romney's fortune, the "curiouser and curiouser" things become, as Alice in Wonderland famously said.
Miles Mogulescu: You Can Bet Romney Doesn't Stash Millions of Dollars in Cayman Islands to Work on Its Tan Miles Mogulescu 2012
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Curiouser and curiouser. posted by Dr. Dawg at 11: 50 PM
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Even though God should have known that nothing would make two morons curiouser than a big flashing sign that says No.
The Moon in Winter Joshua Moses 2011
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It is all — to quote another poet — curiouser and curiouser.
Global Voices in English » Caribbean: Bloggers React to Walcott’s Withdrawal 2009
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Curiouser and curiouser, I opened an email last week which contained a graph showing not only the measured public confidence statistics, but the PREDICTED statistics for next month!
Satisfied? Confident? You Will Be…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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“Curiouser and curiouser,” I retorted, curling my upper lip at it.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Curiouser and curiouser. posted by Dr. Dawg at 11: 50 PM
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
born2badored commented on the word curiouser
don't forget your towel
December 6, 2006
seanahan commented on the word curiouser
Towelie you're the worst character ever.
December 6, 2006
sheece commented on the word curiouser
'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English)
July 6, 2007
uselessness commented on the word curiouser
I've incorporated "curiouser and curiouser" into my everyday speech for years, and not one person has ever identified the reference. For shame.
July 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word curiouser
Ah, people just don't read Alice anymore. Too bad. It was one of my favorite hand-me-down books when I was a kid. :-) In fact, I think I still have it somewhere on one of my gazillion bookshelves.
July 6, 2007
seanahan commented on the word curiouser
I had a British linguistics professor in college who was shocked that Americans hadn't all read "Through the Looking Glass", let alone Alice. I don't think I've actually ever read Alice, just seen the cartoon. I get most of the references because I've heard most of them. Isaac Asimov and Stephen Pinker, to name two, like to quote Alice.
July 7, 2007
slumry commented on the word curiouser
Oh, read it! I reread both last week while on a car trip, and read much of it to my husband also. It is wonderful--you will love it. I assumed it must be heavily quoted here, but perhaps not.
July 10, 2007