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Definition: Questioningly |
QuestioninglyAdverb1. In a curious and questioning manner; "they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions". 2. In a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked quizzically at the doctor". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "questioningly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Synonyms: QuestioninglySynonyms: quizzically (adv), wonderingly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Questioningly |
| English words defined with "questioningly": wonderingly. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The seated man stared questioningly at him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Questioningly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Questioningly" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 76 | 38,217 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "questioningly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | fragend (asking, enquiring, inquiring, inquiringly, interrogating, interrogative, interrogatively, interrogatorily, interrogatory, prompting, querying, questioning, quizzical, quizzically, requesting). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kérdőn néz vkire (to look questioningly at sy), kérdő tekintettel néz vkire (to look questioningly at sy), kérdő pillantást vet vkire (to look questioningly at sy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | estioninglyquay întrebãtor (inquiring, inquiringly, interrogative, interrogatory, questioning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "questioningly": unquestioningly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-q-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: ingeniously, questioning, squintingly. | |
-3 letters: quinolines. | |
-4 letters: enlisting, ensouling, entoiling, ingenious, ingenuity, ingestion, insouling, insulting, lenitions, linguines, listening, nonguilts, outlining, quiltings, quinoline, quinolins, quintiles, singleton, squinting, tinseling. | |
-5 letters: eloining, elutions, enginous, enisling, ensiling, equinity, eulogist, ginniest, gulosity, guylines, inequity, inquiets, insolent, lenition, ligneous, lignites, lingiest, linguine, linguist, nestling, nitinols, nonguest, nonguilt, nonstyle, outlines, outlying, questing. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-q-s-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: unquestioningly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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