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inquisitive
(mass) | inquisitive
- zvedavý |
inquisitive
(encz) | inquisitive,všetečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inquisitive
(encz) | inquisitive,zvědavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Inquisitive
(gcide) | Inquisitive \In*quis"i*tive\, n.
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. --Sir
W. Temple.
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Inquisitive
(gcide) | Inquisitive \In*quis"i*tive\, a. [OE. inquisitif, F.
inquisitif.]
1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do
not concern the inquirer.
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A wise man is not inquisitive about things
impertinent. --Broome.
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2. Given to examination, investigation, or research;
searching; curious.
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A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. --I.
Watts.
Syn: Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive.
Usage: Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a
feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when
we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive
when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or
research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more
commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire
to penetrate into the secrets of others.
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[We] curious are to hear,
What happens new. --Milton.
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This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy
work!
Which not even critics criticise; that holds
Inquisitive attention, while I read. --Cowper.
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Nor need we with a prying eye survey
The distant skies, to find the Milky Way.
--Creech.
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inquisitive
(wn) | inquisitive
adj 1: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light
post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative
eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative,
questioning, wondering(a)]
2: inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the
police are proverbially inquisitive" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
inquisitive
(mass) | inquisitive
- zvedavý |
inquisitive
(encz) | inquisitive,všetečný adj: Zdeněk Brožinquisitive,zvědavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inquisitively
(encz) | inquisitively,zvědavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
inquisitiveness
(encz) | inquisitiveness,všetečnost n: Zdeněk Brožinquisitiveness,zvědavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
uninquisitive
(encz) | uninquisitive, adj: |
Inquisitively
(gcide) | Inquisitively \In*quis"i*tive*ly\, adv.
In an inquisitive manner.
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The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively
apply himself to the study of physic. --Boyle.
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Inquisitiveness
(gcide) | Inquisitiveness \In*quis"i*tive*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to
seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is
unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
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Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great
activity, scrambled in at a high window. --Johnson.
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Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove
that ignorance they were born with; which, without this
busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. --Locke.
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Uninquisitive
(gcide) | Uninquisitive \Uninquisitive\
See inquisitive. |
inquisitive
(wn) | inquisitive
adj 1: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light
post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative
eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative,
questioning, wondering(a)]
2: inquiring or appearing to inquire; "an inquiring look"; "the
police are proverbially inquisitive" |
inquisitively
(wn) | inquisitively
adv 1: with curiosity; "the baby looked around curiously" [syn:
curiously, inquisitively, interrogatively] |
inquisitiveness
(wn) | inquisitiveness
n 1: a state of active curiosity [syn: curiousness,
inquisitiveness] |
uninquisitive
(wn) | uninquisitive
adj 1: not inquiring [syn: uninquiring, uninquisitive] [ant:
inquiring]
2: deficient in curiosity [syn: uninquiring, uninquisitive] |
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