All 3 Uses of
inquiry
in
Main Street
- There was much laughter and bustle at the start, much storing of lunch-baskets and jointed poles, much inquiry as to whether it would really bother Carol to sit with her feet up on a roll of shawls.†
Chpt 23 *
- She filed correspondence all day; then she dictated answers to letters of inquiry.†
Chpt 37
- Nor could she upon inquiry learn that many of this reckless race died in the poorhouse.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(inquiry) the act of asking a question or performing an investigation