All 7 Uses
inquiry
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
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- that accidentally hearing—(it was just as he had foretold, Mr Shepherd observed, Sir Walter's concerns could not be kept a secret,)—accidentally hearing of the possibility of Kellynch Hall being to let, and understanding his (Mr Shepherd's) connection with the owner, he had introduced himself to him in order to make particular inquiries, and had, in the course of a pretty long conference, expressed as strong an inclination for the place as a man who knew it only by description could feel;†
Chpt 3inquiries = questions or investigations
- "And who is Admiral Croft?" was Sir Walter's cold suspicious inquiry.†
Chpt 3 *inquiry = questioning or investigating
- This was Sir Walter and Elizabeth's share of interest in the letter; when Mrs Clay had paid her tribute of more decent attention, in an enquiry after Mrs Charles Musgrove, and her fine little boys, Anne was at liberty.†
Chpt 18unconventional spelling: This is spelled "inquiry" in U.S. English.
- Anne did not receive the perfect conviction which the Admiral meant to convey, but it would have been useless to press the enquiry farther.†
Chpt 18
- How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth; and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his for ever.†
Chpt 21
- "Nay," said Anne, "I have no particular enquiry to make about her.†
Chpt 21
- It was a great object to her to escape all enquiry or eclat; but it was her intention to be as decidedly cool to him as might be compatible with their relationship; and to retrace, as quietly as she could, the few steps of unnecessary intimacy she had been gradually led along.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquiry) a question or investigation -- especially one meant to gather information or find out the truth
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)