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   interrogative

   /ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. having the force of a question: "a hard, interrogative stare"
   • ▪ used in questions: "an interrogative adverb"

   noun

   • 1. a word used in questions, such as how or what.
   • ▪ a construction that has the force of a question: "interrogatives are not likely to crop up very often in the speech of a person who is being interviewed"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from late Latin interrogativus, from Latin interrogare (see interrogate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. interrogatively adverb

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