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What is the adjective for inquisitively?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs inquire, inquisition, enquire, enquire and inquere which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

inquisitorial
  1. of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition
  2. in a manner of inquisition or inquisitors
  3. (law) describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The absence of an accusatorial procedure places an inquisitorial burden upon an inspector.”
      “Even her inquisitorial questions, as to husband and children, with her pencil and paper in hand to note it all down, never gave offense.”
      “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.”
inquisitive
  1. Eager to acquire knowledge.
  2. Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Being the inquisitive, nosy guy that I am, I wanted to know what they would show about the movie before I saw the finished product.”
      “Their adventurous and inquisitive nature explains their fascination with the ancient beauty and splendor of Egypt.”
      “And while I am only amused at such queries, their inquisitive querists find it impossible to believe in the truth of my response.”
inquirable
  1. Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
enquiring
inquisitorious
  1. (obsolete) Making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.
inquisitory
  1. In the manner of an inquisition or inquiry.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The investigation also revealed that students preferred an expository approach rather than inquisitory approach.”
      “The revised 1990 penal code replaced the old inquisitory system with an accusatory system akin to that of common-law countries.”
      “This inquisitory process is judgemental, prejudicial and automatically assumes guilt and blame.”
inquirent
  1. (obsolete) Making enquiry; questioning.
inquisitional
  1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The inquisitional chair and the tools of torture are there for the viewers to see.”
      “Each walked a fine line between the threat of inquisitional prosecution for heresy and prosecution by secular authorities in land or other disputes.”
      “Soon the two men, who had been granted access to the field as corporate guests of the team, moved from incredulous to inquisitional.”
inquisiturient
inquisitionary
inquired
inquiring
inquisitioned
inquisitioning
enquired
enquired
inquered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of inquere
inquering
  1. present participle of inquere
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