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Interrogative

noun
1.
A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply.  Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative sentence, question.  "He had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
2.
Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood.  Synonym: interrogative mood.
adjective
1.
Relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood.
2.
Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.  Synonym: interrogatory.



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"Interrogative" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Fenwick, testily; but as Watson merely replied by an interrogative and attentive silence, he threw himself into his tale—headlong. He told it at far greater length than Eugenie had ever heard it; and throughout, the subtle, instinctive appeal of man to man governed the story, differentiating ...
— Fenwick's Career • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... best means of communicating with him, the trapper climbed through the narrow opening, and to the top of the tree, where he ensconced himself, just as the steam man uttered its interrogative whistle. ...
— The Huge Hunter - Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies • Edward S. Ellis
... The note was half interrogative, but his voice failed before he could add another syllable. Eve drew herself up, rigid in the ...
— Eve's Ransom • George Gissing
... and ill-judged interpretations. When the ancient Rishi exclaims with a troubled heart, 'Who is the greatest of the gods? Who shall first be praised by our songs?'—the author of the Brahmana sees in the interrogative pronoun 'Who' some divine name, a place is allotted in the sacrificial invocations to a god 'Who,' and hymns addressed to him are called 'Whoish' hymns. To make such misunderstandings possible, we must assume a considerable ...
— Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I - Essays on the Science of Religion • Friedrich Max Mueller
... themselves of even its scant shelter from the overpowering sun. They had not proceeded far, before Johnson, who was walking quite rapidly in advance, suddenly brought himself up, and turned to his companion with an interrogative "Eh?" ...
— Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories • Bret Harte


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