All 3 Uses of
inquiry
in
Heart of Darkness
- Its title was, 'An Inquiry into some Points of Seamanship,' by a man Tower, Towson—some such name—Master in his Majesty's Navy.†
Chpt 2 *
- One of his pockets (bright red) was bulging with cartridges, from the other (dark blue) peeped 'Towson's Inquiry,' &c.†
Chpt 3
- A clean-shaved man, with an official manner and wearing gold-rimmed spectacles, called on me one day and made inquiries, at first circuitous, afterwards suavely pressing, about what he was pleased to denominate certain 'documents.'†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(inquiry) the act of asking a question or performing an investigation