Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being inquisitive; the disposition to inquire, ask questions, or investigate; curiosity to learn: as, the inquisitiveness of the human mind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
inquisitive ;curiosity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of active curiosity
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Examples
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The caution is all the more necessary, as it is precisely the foreigner, who approaches a new language with a certain prying inquisitiveness, that is most apt to see life in vestigial features which the native is either completely unaware of or feels merely as dead form.
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I only wish I had that kind of inquisitiveness and imagination.
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Are you proud that he's got that kind of inquisitiveness?
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"I reckon I hadn't thought o 'there bein' more'n one kind of inquisitiveness," the mountaineer said, with a smile, "but if you say so, I s'pose it's all right."
The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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It's that kind of inquisitiveness and willingness to work together that defines Asheville, right?
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It’s the same kind of inquisitiveness you see in small children.
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Given the chance to thrive, "food" animals exhibit virtually every emotion and many behaviors some of us humans consider "ours" alone: joy, sadness, anger, impatience, contentment, jealousy, inquisitiveness, affection... and so on.
Kathy Stevens: For All of Us: Stuff a Pumpkin, Please Kathy Stevens 2011
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Given the chance to thrive, "food" animals exhibit virtually every emotion and many behaviors some of us humans consider "ours" alone: joy, sadness, anger, impatience, contentment, jealousy, inquisitiveness, affection... and so on.
Kathy Stevens: For All of Us: Stuff a Pumpkin, Please Kathy Stevens 2011
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Given the chance to thrive, "food" animals exhibit virtually every emotion and many behaviors some of us humans consider "ours" alone: joy, sadness, anger, impatience, contentment, jealousy, inquisitiveness, affection... and so on.
Kathy Stevens: For All of Us: Stuff a Pumpkin, Please Kathy Stevens 2011
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This proves to be sufficient fodder for Isabel's inquisitiveness.
The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith: Book summary 2010
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