What does inquisitive mean?
Inquisitive means Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive..
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/ɪŋˈkwɪzətɪv/ · adjective
Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive..
[…] a young, inquiſitive and ſprightly Genius; […]
A wiſe man is not inquiſitive about things impertinent; […]
Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.
No, no, Bertha; we must not give them reason to say that their neighbours are inquisitive.
― Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it his face was familiar to me. But leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too inquisitive?
Use inquisitive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inquisitive means Eager to acquire knowledge; acquisitive..
Common synonyms include inquiring, curious, questioning, speculative.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] a young, inquiſitive and ſprightly Genius; […]
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