Interrogative
[,ɪntə'rɒgətɪv] or [,ɪntə'rɑɡətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation .
(adj.) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; 'not all questions have an interrogative construction' .
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Definition
(a.) Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
(n.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Interrogatory.
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Examples
- For, to what else,' said Mrs General, with a slightly interrogative action of her gloves, 'could I impute--' 'To--ha--yourself, Mrs General. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Any one may give their remarks an interrogative turn, he continued, his sonorousness rising with his style. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But this world of the closing eighteenth century was still only in the interrogative stage in this matter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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