interrogativelyadv.
/ɪntəˈrɒɡətɪvli/ In an interrogative manner; by way of interrogation; as a question.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adverb]
interrogatively1571
interrogatorily1625
inquiringly1644
questionatively1657
questioningly1677
queryingly1874
interrogatingly1886
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lvi. 8) Some reade..the verse interrogatively.
1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen sig. Av That which Persius speaketh interrogatiuely,..I vnderstand positiuely.
1751 R. Hurd Notes Horace Ep. Augustus (R.) Mr. Pope..seems to have read the lines interrogatively.
1876 M. E. Braddon Dead Men's Shoes i A girl whom the passers by look at interrogatively.
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