Definitions

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  • adjective diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

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Examples

  • A wonderful message indeed, considering that Mr. Sullivan himself was the chief architect of that inquisitory foray, which he pressed unrelentingly.

    What Sarah Palin Doesn't Know Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010

  • From abroad this looks like a rebirth of inquisitory methods.

    Libel Law Has No Place In Scientific Disputes Jack of Kent 2009

  • Broad investigatory, inquisitory and subpoena powers were given to that body of citizens drawn from the community; like powers were not intended to be in the hands of the prosecutors of crime.

    Is That Legal?: February 2007 Archives 2007

  • Broad investigatory, inquisitory and subpoena powers were given to that body of citizens drawn from the community; like powers were not intended to be in the hands of the prosecutors of crime.

    Is That Legal?: Are Department of Justice Criminal Subpoenas Unconstitutional 2007

  • From abroad this looks like a rebirth of inquisitory methods.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Jack of Kent 2009

  • An offside room had been rigged as an inquisitory.

    Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

  • The questions weren't particularly hostile, inquisitory or, even, political.

    Stafford, Hugh A. 1990

  • You were kept under drugs most of the way to help you rest -- they'd knocked you around quite a bit in the inquisitory.

    Security Poul William Anderson

  • Dr. Pappas transferred to the inquisitory where you were being held.

    Security Poul William Anderson

  • She drew farther back into her corner of the sofa, waving him to a seat beside her, as though to bring his inquisitory eyes on a level where her own could command them; but he stood where he was, unconscious of her gesture, and merely repeating: "Tell me."

    The Fruit of the Tree Edith Wharton 1899

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