Inquisitiveness
[ɪn'kwɪzətɪvnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
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Examples
- But their officious inquisitiveness was not gratified. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Penelope could speak to the girl's inquisitiveness as genuine, when she asked questions about Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our habitations were palaces our food was ready stored in granaries--there was no need of labour, no inquisitiveness, no restless desire to get on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And then in a tone of whimsical inquisitiveness: 'What fruit, Rupert? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His questions made him famous in many a hamlet, where such inquisitiveness had never been known before. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Certainly; it would indeed be very impertinent and inhuman in me to trouble you with any inquisitiveness of mine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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