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INQUISITIVE

\ɪnkwˈɪzɪtˌɪv], \ɪnkwˈɪzɪtˌɪv], \ɪ_n_k_w_ˈɪ_z_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of INQUISITIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Searching into: apt to ask questions: curious.
INQUISITIVELY.
INQUISITIVENESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Given to questioning or to investigation; curious.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Curious, busy in search, active to pry into any thing.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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