Inquisitive vs. Inquisitiveness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inquisitive and Inquisitiveness
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Inquisitive
Inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge
Inquisitive investigators.
Inquisitiveness
Inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge
Inquisitive investigators.
Inquisitive
Unduly curious and inquiring
"You will have privacy without inquisitive visitors and intrusive medical assessments" (Elisabeth Noble).
Inquisitiveness
Unduly curious and inquiring
"You will have privacy without inquisitive visitors and intrusive medical assessments" (Elisabeth Noble).
Inquisitive
Eager to acquire knowledge.
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Inquisitiveness
The quality of being inquisitive; curiosity.
Inquisitive
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
Inquisitiveness
The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.
Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window.
Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull.
Inquisitive
Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
Inquisitiveness
A state of active curiosity
Inquisitive
Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious.
A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius.
[We] curious are to hear,What happens new.
This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy work!Which not even critics criticise; that holdsInquisitive attention, while I read.
Nor need we with a prying eye surveyThe distant skies, to find the Milky Way.
Inquisitive
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research.
Inquisitive
Showing curiosity;
If someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive
Raised a speculative eyebrow
Inquisitive
Inquiring or appearing to inquire;
An inquiring look
The police are proverbially inquisitive
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