Both Uses of
inquiry
in
The Lovely Bones
- Sometimes they would cast a look back in his direction—an inquiry.†
Chpt 14 *inquiry = questioning or investigating
- Her whole body seemed to slant forward in inquiry, and though she had been told at the bar where she worked that she had beautiful hair or beautiful hands or, on the rare occasions when any of her patrons saw her come out from behind the bar, beautiful legs, people never said anything about her eyes.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
a question or investigation -- especially one meant to gather information or find out the truth