Both Uses of
inquiry
in
The Importance of Being Earnest
- While I am making these inquiries, you, Gwendolen, will wait for me below in the carriage.†
Act 1 *inquiries = questions or investigations
- I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place.†
Act 3inquiry = questioning or investigating
Definition:
a question or investigation -- especially one meant to gather information or find out the truth