Curious
Curious adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Usage example: that's a curious argument to make in favor of legalizing certain drugs
Ordinary
Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Usage example: it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt
Both words in one sentence
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The first entries show some curious, out of the ordinary events in the sages' lives.
Source: Apocalyptic Log - A curious variant are the Salamanders Chapters of Space Marines, who do spend a lot of time among ordinary humans - but they are still as superhuman as the other Astartes.
Source: No Place for Me There - Downton Abbey: Lady Sybil, the Earl's youngest daughter despite being curious about the lives of ordinary people, starts out as very naive about the world.
Source: Sheltered Aristocrat
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