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Interrogatively

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in·ter·rog·a·tive  (nt-rg-tv)
adj.
1. Asking a question or being of the nature of a question: an interrogative raising of the eyebrows.
2. Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to ask a question: an interrogative adverb; an interrogative particle.
n.
1. A word or form used to ask a question.
2. A sentence or an expression that asks a question.
inter·roga·tive·ly adv.
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Adv.1.interrogatively - in a questioning format
2.interrogatively - with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously"
inquisitively, curiously


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