inquisitivelyadv.
/ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvli/ In an inquisitive manner; with curiosity to obtain information.
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the mind > attention and judgement > [adverb]
curious1594
inquisitively1609
curiously1869
interestedly1886
1609 J. Donne Let. in Poems (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.
1747 Ld. Lyttelton Observ. St. Paul in Wks. (1774) 304 An age more inquisitively curious into the powers of nature..than any before it.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 16 Mr. Tupman looked inquisitively in his face.
1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper I. ii. 30 The housekeeper watched him inquisitively.
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