All 8 Uses of
inquisitive
in
War and Peace
- Tikhon knew his master's habit of sometimes thinking aloud, and therefore met with unaltered looks the angrily inquisitive expression of the face that emerged from the shirt.†
Chpt 3
- Natasha looked at Sonya with wondering and inquisitive eyes, and said nothing.†
Chpt 3 *
- Forgetting the danger of being recognized, Rostov went close to the porch, together with some inquisitive civilians, and again, after two years, saw those features he adored: that same face and same look and step, and the same union of majesty and mildness....And the feeling of enthusiasm and love for his sovereign rose again in Rostov's soul in all its old force.†
Chpt 5
- She did not now say those former terrible words to him, but looked simply, merrily, and inquisitively at him.†
Chpt 6inquisitively = interested in learning about things
- The same inquisitive, challenging, and rather mocking eyes still looked at him.†
Chpt 6
- Still inquisitive?†
Chpt 10
- As they were going round the Sukharev water tower Natasha, who was inquisitively and alertly scrutinizing the people driving or walking past, suddenly cried out in joyful surprise: "Dear me!†
Chpt 11inquisitively = interested in learning about things
- Pierre stopped laughing, got up, went farther away from the inquisitive man, and looked around him.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
interested in learning about things -- often asking many questions