inquiringadjective
UK also enquiring uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.rɪŋ/us/ɪnˈkwaɪr.ɪŋ/(of someone's behaviour) always wanting to learn new things, or (of someone's expression) wanting to know something:
You have a very inquiring mind, don't you?
He gave her an inquiring look.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the cat idiom
- curious
- inquisitive
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nose
- nosy
- nosy parker
- prurient
- quizzical
- snoot
- stick your nose into sth idiom
- stick your snoot in/into (sth) idiom
- thirsty
inquiringly
adverb UK also enquiringly uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.rɪŋ.li/us/ɪnˈkwaɪr.ɪŋ.li/
She looked at her mother inquiringly.