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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



... as fear was beginning to turn to panic, Arthur sauntered in, nonchalantly took a chair at another table, picked up a magazine and professed to glance through it. And then, while Missy palpitated, he looked over at her, smiled, and made an interrogative movement with his eyebrows. More palpitant by the second, she replaced her magazines and got into her wraps. As she moved toward the door, whither Arthur was also sauntering, she felt that every eye in the Library must ...
— Missy • Dana Gatlin
... the single word in an ejaculatory and interrogative tone, as only a certain number of old-fashioned Americans can. Spoken in that peculiar way it can mean a good deal, for it can convey suspicion, or approval or disapproval and any degree of acquaintance ...
— Fair Margaret - A Portrait • Francis Marion Crawford
... sorts: Interrogative; Percontative; Adjurative; Optative; Imprecative; Execrative; Substitutive; Compellative; ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville
... of that word "like" at the end of an interrogative sentence, in the Five Towns, is a subject upon which a book ought to be written; but not this history. The essential point to observe is that Helen got up from the bench and said, ...
— Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) • Arnold Bennett
... with Antecedents Person Gender Rules Governing Gender Number Compound Antecedents Relative Interrogative Case Forms Rules Governing Use of Cases Compound Personal ...
— Practical Grammar and Composition • Thomas Wood


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