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INQUISITIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inquisitively mean?
• INQUISITIVELY (adverb)
The adverb INQUISITIVELY has 1 sense:
1. with curiosity
Familiarity information: INQUISITIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With curiosity
Synonyms:
curiously; inquisitively; interrogatively
Context example:
the baby looked around curiously
Pertainym:
inquisitive (showing curiosity)
Context examples
“My dear,” observed Mr. Micawber—but glancing inquisitively at Traddles, too; “we have time enough before us, for the consideration of those questions.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Not understanding what he meant, I repeated inquisitively: “Came to an end, Mr. Barkis?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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