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Querying

Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]

  1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.

  2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.

  3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.

  4. To write `` query'' (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re.

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querying

n. The act of making a query. vb. (present participle of query English)

Usage examples of "querying".

Zair, who'd been cleaning himself, chirped in a querying way, tilting his head and peering with earnestly whirling eyes at his friend.

The insurance company is being sticky and querying every fardling item on the list, but no one's surprised about that.

Then, taking note of Rimbol's querying look, she asked smoothly, "What've you been cutting lately?

Killashandra folded her arms across her chest, ignoring the querying expression on Lars' face.

Yana caught back the thought at first, until Sean's querying eyes made her continue.

Once he glanced toward the position of the sun and Paul sent him a querying look.

It was unlikely, as well as improper, for K'van to get his dragon to find out by querying the Weyrleaders' dragons later.

Elise commented, then looked up at her cousin with a querying brow raised.

And Joshua wasted a second querying the net on the direction he wanted.

For one: he was already engrossed with the case, to such an extent he was sure it would divert his mind from the psychological pitfalls of constantly querying who or what or where he was.

And: 'Sorry,' he said, as she raised a querying, perhaps amused eyebrow.

Once the mirth faded, Dauneth turned to the princess and cocked a querying eyebrow.

The High Warden cast a querying glance at Azoun, who smiled inwardly but kept a stern outer face and nodded curtly.

Owden raised a querying eyebrow at Tanalasta-ever so slightly-and received the merest shake of a head in response, then continued without missing a beat.

Tanalasta slipped her hand through the crook of the wizard's elbow, then cocked a querying eyebrow at her mother.