Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an incurious manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an curious manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
incurious manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ahead were his mother's apartments and he approached them incuriously, meaning only to pass them and go upward to the roof, where a thin breeze and the pleasure of his hand awaited.
The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982
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The dog, having heard the noise, wanders up to stare at me incuriously for a moment, before heading back towards the sofa.
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She saw only a man sitting on the edge of the bunk and incuriously studying the toes of his moccasins.
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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Can anyone now believe that he signed incuriously, naively, mind blank and mouth open?
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He dialed the local police number and then they waited, no one saying anything, while businessmen in wet raincoats hurried incuriously past.
Static 2010
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He stared incuriously at the ceiling for a long time, aware of being awake but without feeling the slightest need to do anything about it.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Was ist? he said as he looked incuriously at Gordon.
DBTL 50B: Who Can It Be Now? Johnny Pez 2009
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Was ist? he said as he looked incuriously at Gordon.
Archive 2009-12-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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The active process of learning that literature was supposed to support was being replaced by an incuriously passive consumption of a Gothic novel where readers could pick over the Gothic trinkets and choose the right combination to please themselves.
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The two men in the taproom, raised their eyes incuriously from their ale pots as he crossed the floor, the soles of his boots sticking to the clotted sawdust.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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