Search for crossword answers and clues
A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
Answer for the clue "A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply ", 13 letters:
interrogative
Word definitions for interrogative in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interrogative \In`ter*rog"a*tive\, a. [L. interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.] Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" [syn: question , interrogation , interrogative sentence ] some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood [syn: ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Convincing confirmation of this analysis is provided by the interrogative adverbs how and why in their use with the infinitive. ▪ In negative and interrogative contexts, on the other hand, the event's taking place in ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Interrogative is a term used in grammar to refer to features that form questions . Thus, an interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form indicates that it is a question. Such sentences are sometimes said to exhibit an interrogative mood —thus ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Asking or denoting a question; pertaining to inquiry; questioning: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point; an interrogative look or tone of voice. n. 1 (context grammar English) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, from Late Latin interrogativus "pertaining to a question," from Latin interrogat- , past participle stem of interrogare "to ask, question" (see interrogation ) + -ive .
Usage examples of interrogative.
Fortunately, one of the less informed Snows asked almost the exact interrogative which Doc desired answered.
The fruits seemed a convenient thing to begin upon, and holding one of these up I began a series of interrogative sounds and gestures.
Her features were playfellows of one another, none of them pretending to rigid correctness, nor the nose to the ordinary dignity of governess among merry girls, despite which the nose was of a fair design, not acutely interrogative or inviting to gambols.
Timokhin with the condescendingly interrogative smile with which everybody involuntarily addressed that officer.
One of the officers hesitated, a soft towel still in his hands, fingers clenching momentarily at the interrogative lift of Arrhae's voice, then glanced swiftly at his companion.
Maude, with the golden light playing upon the fringes of her curls, and throwing two little epaulettes of the daintiest pink across her shoulders, sat in silence, glancing across from time to time with interrogative eyes at her husband.
Verbs can be in the Indicative mood, or Interrogative, Subjunctive, Optative, Conjunctive, Infinitive.
The nature of these added particles may be: Negative, Intensitive, Honorific, Hypothetical, Interrogative, Imperative, Directional, Futuritive or Historical, Relational or Descriptive.
Through a window cemented open by decades of city soot, Seve could hear the swift, musical jabber of Cantonese, its broad sentence-ending interrogatives like a song of the sea.
Now Karpov was truly on his guard, knowing that by supplying an answer to these minuscule interrogatives, he would be unearthing a wealth of information for Lantin to pore over.
Maybe it was the way Belbo’s Piedmont drawl made his statements interrogative and his interrogatives taunting.
I can understand having indicative, interrogative, imperative, conditional, and subjunctive moods.