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inquisitive

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With its inquisitive eyes, furry snout, and lush pelt, the mouse—nicknamed Xiao Zhu, or Little Bamboo—nimbly perched on a bamboo stalk, striking a pretty pose for the camera.

Their attitude toward foreign journalists, once they were in control of Kabul, was generally friendly and inquisitive.

Still, she hopes these inquisitive folks take her age—74, thank you—as a reminder that everyone still has time to hike, no matter how many years they’ve been at home, awaiting their turn.

It’s inquisitive, curious, and a little rebellious about it, because that’s what teenagers are.

“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.

But what about the eloquent, book smart, interesting, quirky, inquisitive black woman, you ask?

Indeed, the crowd at my reading was attentive, inquisitive—and willing to spend money on printed books.

Friends say he was a highly inquisitive man and kept his ear close to the ground.

As Gondry asks Chomsky about his childhood, the answer soon becomes clear: a skeptical, inquisitive, combative mind.

Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

Some were inquisitive enough to ask, Has a treaty been signed or a trick been played upon the rebels?

He hands a lady out; her pale blue silk domino hides her effectually from the inquisitive gaze of the crowd.

No more inquisitive cruisers ready to let fly a salvo at anything that stirs.

The man's nature was inquisitive, and he was indulging idle conjectures as to what might be the news this courier brought.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inquisitive, such as: analytical, nosy, big-eyed, challenging, forward, and impertinent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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