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interrogative
[ in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or conveying a question.
- Grammar. forming, constituting, or used in or to form a question:
an interrogative pronoun, suffix, particle, or sentence.
noun
- Grammar. an interrogative word, element, or construction, as who? and what?
interrogative
/ ˌɪԳəˈɒɡəɪ /
adjective
- asking or having the nature of a question
- denoting a form or construction used in asking a question
- denoting or belonging to a class of words, such as which and whom, that are determiners, adjectives, or pronouns and serve to question which individual referent or referents are intended Compare demonstrative relative
noun
- an interrogative word, phrase, sentence, or construction
- a question mark
Derived Forms
- ˌԳٱˈDzپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- t·Dza·پ· adverb
- ܲi·ٱ·Dza·پ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·Dza·پ·ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of interrogative1
Example Sentences
“I think of my writing as interrogative,” Paul Harding said.
Variety wrote: The film “feels like a miracle and an interrogative act of defiance.”
The interrogative form does all the work of asking aloud — with none of the actual asking — why mom still thinks you can speak for a four-years-ago ex.
She may have physical setbacks, but Gibert's mind is knife-sharp — she regularly finishes answers with an interrogative "eh?" as if checking to make sure I got everything.
Had Cooper approached this question with the same interrogative spirit with which she approached her own narrative assumptions, the book would have felt more complete.
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