01 a. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
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Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.“A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.” — Broome.
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Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.“A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius.” — I. Watts.“[We] curious are to hear, What happens new.” — Milton.“This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy work! Which not even critics criticise; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read.” — Cowper.“Nor need we with a prying eye survey The distant skies, to find the Milky Way.” — Creech.
Syn.
Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive.
-- Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire to penetrate into the secrets of others.