About The Word Inquisitive
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Inquisitive
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What's The Definition Of Inquisitive?
[adj] showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
[adj] inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the police are proverbially inquisitive" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inquisitive: curious | inquiring | questioning | speculative | wondering(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Inquisitive: agape | agog | all agog | analytical | burning with curiosity | busy | busybody | consumed with curiosity | curious | exploring | forward | ghoulish | gossipy | impertinent | inquiring | inquisitorial | interested | intrusive | investigative | itchy | meddlesome | meddling | morbid | morbidly curious | nosy | officious | open-eyed | openmouthed | overcurious | presumptuous | probing | prurient | prying | pushing | pushy | questioning | quizzical | scopophiliac | searching | self-appointed | snooping | snoopy | supercurious | voyeuristic See Also | Inquisitive In Webster's Dictionary \In*quis"i*tive\, a. [OE. inquisitif, F.
inquisitif.]
1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do
not concern the inquirer.
A wise man is not inquisitive about things
impertinent. --Broome.
2. Given to examination, investigation, or research;
searching; curious.
A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. --I.
Watts.
Syn: Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive.
Usage: {Inquisitive}, {Curious}, {Prying}. Curious denotes a
feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when
we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive
when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or
research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more
commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire
to penetrate into the secrets of others.
[We] curious are to hear, What happens new.
--Milton.
This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy
work! Which not even critics criticise; that
holds Inquisitive attention, while I read.
--Cowper.
Nor need we with a prying eye survey The distant
skies, to find the Milky Way. --Creech.
\In*quis"i*tive\, n. A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. --Sir W. Temple. |
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