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# adventurous

«adventurous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Liking to try new, exciting and sometimes risky things…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (adventurous, more adventurous, most adventurous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Liking to try new, exciting and sometimes risky things; brave and curious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#m1)

2) Full of excitement and danger: «an adventurous journey». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#m2)

3) New and bold, not the usual: «an adventurous menu». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows the shy Mole becomes adventurous when he leaves his spring-cleaning and goes to the river; Toad is too adventurous and gets into trouble. Alice is adventurous when she follows the White Rabbit. In everyday life: «Be adventurous – try a new food!» Safety: being adventurous is good, but think about danger and tell an adult where you are going.

### examples

- The adventurous girl climbed to the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x1)
- Mole felt adventurous and set off to see the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x2)
- We had an adventurous holiday camping in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x3)
- Be adventurous and try the curry! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x4)
- The explorers made an adventurous trip across the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x5)
- Toad was adventurous, but also very foolish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x6)
- MANSTIN was an adventurous brave, but very kind-hearted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/#x7)

### note

From «adventure» + «-ous». Opposite: cautious, timid. Adverb: adventurously.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adventurous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adventurous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.