| 释义 |
inquisitively, adv.|ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an inquisitive manner; with curiosity to obtain information.
a1631Donne Lett., to Sir H. G[oodere] (1633) 353 If at any time I seeme to study you more inquisitively, it is for no other end but to know how to present you to God in my prayers. 1747Lord Lyttelton Observ. St. Paul Wks. (1774) 304 An age more inquisitively curious into the powers of nature..than any before it. 1837Dickens Pickw. ii, Mr. Tupman looked inquisitively in his face. 1865M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper I. ii. 30 The housekeeper watched him inquisitively. |