The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inquiringly \In*quir"ing*ly\, adv. In an inquiring manner.
Wiktionary
adv. In an inquiring manner.
WordNet
adv. in an inquiring manner; "Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly" [syn: enquiringly]
Usage examples of "inquiringly".
Slightly disconcerted by the sight, Althea determinedly forced her gaze up to his bright blue eyes that looked down on her inquiringly.
He reached for the cup of applejack and drank, then looked at me for the first time, holding up the cup inquiringly.
As Domini did not reply he removed them from his eyes and glanced at her inquiringly.
She swung her legs out of the way and leaned forward, her face upturned inquiringly.
It warns us to stop and reflect, to go back to the original standard, to measure our acts by the obligation of our fathers, by the pledges they made one to the other, to see whether we are conforming to our plighted faith, and to ask seriously, solemnly, looking each other inquiringly in the face, what we should do to save our country.
His mean, colourless eyes wandered inquiringly over the crowd, as the mad dervishes, half-naked, some with masses of dishevelled hair, some with no hair at all, bleached, haggard, moaning and shrieking, threw themselves to the ground on the matting, while attendants pulled off their slippers and placed them under their heads, which lay face downwards.
As they go upstairs, Mr. Guppy lifts his eyebrows inquiringly and looks at Tony.
Along the great highway through Biscay the wondering native carters draw their sheep-skinned ox-teams aside, to let the regiments pass, and stray groups of peaceable field-workers in Navarre look inquiringly at the marching and prancing progress.
Now she tilted her head on one side as she looked inquiringly at Bordman.
When the woman looked inquiringly at her and the children, Matthew said softly, "They're the Brodies from Heatherbrook.
She found the Fader's joint on the rug, which thank heaven is burnproof, and looked up inquiringly.
An immensely plump woman, with a most luxurious growth of hair spilling down to her knees, greeted Keralaw with delight, chattering about the quantity and quality of the baskets and plates, and then fell silent, cocking her head inquiringly at Killashandra.
Gulls and a fork-tailed frigate bird sailed inquiringly about the plane.
He came in with his hat in his hand, shot me a wink, asked Wolfe how he did, got himself an everlasting blueprint of the two Frosts in one quick glance, and pointed his big nose inquiringly at Wolfe.
Phone them to” — he looked inquiringly at Leamington, was given a number, and finished — “to Colonel Leamington at Boro 8-19638.