All 5 Uses of
inquisitive
in
Brave New World
- Still, she led the too inquisitive twins away and made them join in the game of hunt-the-zipper, which had been organized by one of her colleagues at the other end of the room.
p. 203..4inquisitive = curious
- "Is she dead?" repeated the inquisitive twin trotting at his side.
p. 207..9
- The Savage meanwhile wandered restlessly round the room, peering with a vague superficial inquisitiveness at the books in the shelves, at the sound-track rolls and reading machine bobbins in their numbered pigeon-holes.
p. 217..8 *inquisitiveness = curiosity
- But I was an inquisitive young scullion once.
p. 225..9inquisitive = curious
- A few helicopters came and hovered inquisitively round the tower.
p. 251..4inquisitively = curiously
Definition:
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(inquisitive) interested in learning about things -- often asking many questions