Adjective : an inquisitive mind. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : thick curtains to frustrate inquisitives. From Dictionary.com.
'Where go you, Sunni-ji?' he asked, inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
She sat down opposite him, head cocked inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
“So,” Judson said, peering inquisitively at Jesse. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Hooper was looking at him more inquisitively than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
She looked at him inquisitively, an invitation to explain. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
Mouse tilted his head to one side, ears perked inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
I cocked my head to one side and peered at Susana inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Death on the River Walk]
"Did Laurie ask you to dance to-night?" asked Susan inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
He looked at his companion inquisitively, almost with satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets]
“Is it Smolin, papa?” asked Lubov, inquisitively and anxiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference
The dogs ran out of the yards and looked inquisitively at my horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Wife] Reference
I could see him looking inquisitively at the strangeness before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy at Feeding Time] Reference
Few of the people of the North have ever inquisitively considered the. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The postman waited inquisitively, smiling in an ingratiating fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
They stood still on the bridge, staring inquisitively at the carriage. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
When I left the telephone-booth the drug clerk stared at me inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [32 Caliber] Reference
With this he intended to content them, but Dr. Marsh asked, inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
‘It all sounds fascinating,’ the historian in him prompted inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnant by the Millionaire]
The girl eyed me with a sulky listlessness, a little inquisitively, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
The other three soldiers approached inquisitively to where Yakob was crouching. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
The keeper gazed inquisitively into the face of the stranger, and left the house. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
He had ordered some coffee, in French, and everyone had stared at him inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets]
The Professor -- I had guessed his identity -- joined us, glancing at me inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
Only once she glanced at me, but so inquisitively, so searchingly, almost viciously. From Wordnik.com. [Punin and Baburin] Reference
The Management looked at the card, inquisitively at her face, touched a bell, and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
As he stepped from the carriage a man came along who peered inquisitively at the travellers. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
“Till what happened?” put in Nikolay Parfenovitch inquisitively, but Mitya did not hear it. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
Lavinia was wandering idly about, peering into boxes, though absently rather than inquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Gavrilo looked inquisitively at him, and his eyes expressed unmistakable expectation of something. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories] Reference
"Your sister Hazel wouldn't let her," said Hugh, looking inquisitively at Eulalie's healthful bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Disposed to doubt the wisdom of such departures from accustomed ideals, Oswald is often inquisitively critical. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
His head was downward; it was not till the blue eyes flashed inquisitively up that Father Anthony recognized Pierre. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
He looked at them inquisitively, and then stood a little way at the back of them, waiting till they should be disengaged. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
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