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interrogative
[in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv]
adjective
of, relating to, or conveying a question.
Grammar.forming, constituting, or used in or to form a question.
an interrogative pronoun, suffix, particle, or sentence.
noun
Grammar.an interrogative word, element, or construction, as who? and what?
interrogative
/ ˌɪԳəˈɒɡəɪ /
adjective
asking or having the nature of a question
denoting a form or construction used in asking a question
denoting or belonging to a class of words, such as which and whom, that are determiners, adjectives, or pronouns and serve to question which individual referent or referents are intended Compare demonstrative relative
noun
an interrogative word, phrase, sentence, or construction
a question mark
Other Word Forms
- interrogatively adverb
- uninterrogative adjective
- uninterrogatively adverb
- ˌԳٱˈDzپ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of interrogative1
Example Sentences
“I think of my writing as interrogative,” Paul Harding said.
Variety wrote: The film “feels like a miracle and an interrogative act of defiance.”
The interrogative form does all the work of asking aloud — with none of the actual asking — why mom still thinks you can speak for a four-years-ago ex.
She may have physical setbacks, but Gibert's mind is knife-sharp — she regularly finishes answers with an interrogative "eh?" as if checking to make sure I got everything.
Had Cooper approached this question with the same interrogative spirit with which she approached her own narrative assumptions, the book would have felt more complete.
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