Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Carefulness; painstaking; nicety; singular exactitude in any respect.
- noun Singularity of appearance, action, contrivance, etc.
- noun Curiosity; inquisitiveness.
- noun Cleverness; remarkableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Carefulness; painstaking.
- noun The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
- noun Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
inquisitiveness ;curiosity - noun obsolete
care ;carefulness ;pains - noun dated The state of being
curious ;exactness ofworkmanship ;ingenuity ofcontrivance . - noun countable The result or product of being
curious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of active curiosity
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
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Examples
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Hoping to preserve his informal channel to the military through Haig, Nixon sought at the outset to allay any fear of repercussions for what he had that first evening called the "curiousness" of Haig's involvement in the affair.
Nixon and the Chiefs 2002
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Hoping to preserve his informal channel to the military through Haig, Nixon sought at the outset to allay any fear of repercussions for what he had that first evening called the "curiousness" of Haig's involvement in the affair.
Nixon and the Chiefs 2002
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"curiousness" he had never experienced before filled the chamber as Sanford arrived.
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"curiousness" he had never experienced before filled the chamber as Sanford arrived.
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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.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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The boy, who had been regarding him with the tolerant curiousness one accords to the prattlings of the feeble-minded, answered promptly.
Page 3 2010
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At the sound of his voice the woman peered at him with quick curiousness.
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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But then, also, it was with a certain reverent curiousness that she approached the cabin, while the Hush on her cheek showed a yet riper mellowness.
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This curiousness of end users lead to the development of highly sophisticated games that take care of the expectations of users and here we come up with 3d game development.
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This curiousness of end users lead to the development of highly sophisticated games that take care of the expectations of users and here we come up with 3d game development.
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