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interrogatory
[in-tuh-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
noun
plural
interrogatoriesa question; inquiry.
Law.a formal or written question.
interrogatory
/ -trɪ, ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətərɪ /
adjective
expressing or involving a question
noun
a question or interrogation
Other Word Forms
- interrogatorily adverb
- uninterrogatory adjective
- ˌԳٱˈDzٴǰ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of interrogatory1
Example Sentences
Polished, urbane and preternaturally prepared, Cornwell’s sometimes mischievous demeanor forms a kind of shadow narrative, a fascinating carapace that Morris’s interrogatory arrows fail to fully pierce.
It's a helpful interrogatory narrative device which allows the show to jump back and forward in time, as Savile reflects on his life and career.
Picasso identified with the owl’s interrogatory gaze, and he later created a self-portrait of himself as an owl — with his own piercing eyes staring out from a line drawing of the bird.
Over five weeks, the CID demands answers to multiple complex interrogatories and IH testimony on extraordinarily broad topics for which no witness could responsibly be prepared to provide complete and accurate testimony.
“The nature and large number of proposed interrogatories represents a stark departure from previous inquests,” the motion says.
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