Both Uses of
query
in
Childhood's End
- He would evade awkward queries in a manner that was a pleasure to behold, and then, quite unexpectedly, would become positively confiding.†
Chpt 17queries = questions
- "But why does it need you?" queried Jan. With all its tremendous powers, surely it could do anything it pleased.†
Chpt 23 *queried = questioned
Definition:
an instance of questioning -- especially of requesting information from a computer