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		Definition of inquisitorial in English: inquisitorialadjective ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːrɪəlɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔriəl 1Of or like an inquisitor, especially in questioning someone in a harsh or intensive manner.  he was questioning her in a cold, inquisitorial voice  Example sentencesExamples -  He was a huge man with the innocent eyes of a deer, and he was almost weeping as he defended himself against Bobby's inquisitorial arguments.
 -  He never interrogated anyone in inquisitorial fashion about their beliefs and condemned them, but was able to look into their hearts.
 -  Questions were firing but this forum wasn't inquisitorial.
 -  What prevents American journalists from being equally inquisitorial?
 -  I need the opinion-drivers in the country to do a less inquisitorial job and to give us a hand on this thing.
 -  I fully expected to find someone broken by inquisitorial pressure.
 -  The committee system, which was designed to be inquisitorial and to scrutinise ministers, was neutered.
 -  Such inquiries take various forms, but the pressures seem to be increasing for them to be set up as independent external investigations with full inquisitorial powers
 -  Yet another inquisitorial voice seeks clarification: Does the poet identify himself as a post-colonial subject or not?
 -  There was barely an inquisitorial question from any of them, and who cares about the ground rules?
 -  The British version depends partly on the audience's playing along with the show's somber, inquisitorial mood.
 -  The atmosphere here is more inquisitorial than at the other meeting.
 
  Synonyms questioning, enquiring, inquisitive, probing, searching, quizzing, quizzical, curious, intrigued, investigative - 1.1Law  (of a trial or legal procedure) characterized by the judge performing an examining role.
 administration is accompanied by a form of inquisitorial justice Compare with accusatorial, adversarial  Example sentencesExamples -  Opponents of implementing the inquisitorial system argue the efficacy of the adversarial system.
 -  He has said he also wants to take a far more fundamental look at whether there is a case for moving towards a more continental-style inquisitorial system in terrorist cases.
 -  Britain could be forced to give up its adversarial court system in favour of the inquisitorial style favoured in much of continental Europe.
 -  Like most of Latin America, Chile inherited an inquisitorial legal system from Spain.
 -  I can therefore make the submission that the pre-trial procedure (commencing from the state collecting the facts, to the advanced disclosure, culminating with plea bargaining) in the Hong Kong Magistrate is inquisitorial.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 18th century: from medieval Latin inquisitorius (from Latin inquisitor, from inquirere 'inquire') + -al.    Definition of inquisitorial in US English: inquisitorialadjectiveɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔriəlinˌkwizəˈtôrēəl 1Of or like an inquisitor.  Example sentencesExamples -  I fully expected to find someone broken by inquisitorial pressure.
 -  Such inquiries take various forms, but the pressures seem to be increasing for them to be set up as independent external investigations with full inquisitorial powers
 -  The committee system, which was designed to be inquisitorial and to scrutinise ministers, was neutered.
 -  Questions were firing but this forum wasn't inquisitorial.
 -  He never interrogated anyone in inquisitorial fashion about their beliefs and condemned them, but was able to look into their hearts.
 -  The British version depends partly on the audience's playing along with the show's somber, inquisitorial mood.
 -  Yet another inquisitorial voice seeks clarification: Does the poet identify himself as a post-colonial subject or not?
 -  The atmosphere here is more inquisitorial than at the other meeting.
 -  There was barely an inquisitorial question from any of them, and who cares about the ground rules?
 -  I need the opinion-drivers in the country to do a less inquisitorial job and to give us a hand on this thing.
 -  He was a huge man with the innocent eyes of a deer, and he was almost weeping as he defended himself against Bobby's inquisitorial arguments.
 -  What prevents American journalists from being equally inquisitorial?
 
  Synonyms questioning, enquiring, inquisitive, probing, searching, quizzing, quizzical, curious, intrigued, investigative - 1.1 Offensively prying.
 - 1.2Law  (of a trial or legal procedure) in which the judge has an examining or inquiring role.
 administration is accompanied by a form of inquisitorial justice Compare with accusatorial, adversarial  Example sentencesExamples -  I can therefore make the submission that the pre-trial procedure (commencing from the state collecting the facts, to the advanced disclosure, culminating with plea bargaining) in the Hong Kong Magistrate is inquisitorial.
 -  Like most of Latin America, Chile inherited an inquisitorial legal system from Spain.
 -  Britain could be forced to give up its adversarial court system in favour of the inquisitorial style favoured in much of continental Europe.
 -  He has said he also wants to take a far more fundamental look at whether there is a case for moving towards a more continental-style inquisitorial system in terrorist cases.
 -  Opponents of implementing the inquisitorial system argue the efficacy of the adversarial system.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 18th century: from medieval Latin inquisitorius (from Latin inquisitor, from inquirere ‘inquire’) + -al.     |