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inquisitiveness

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This ever-curious beagle and I would explore the planet together, with his inquisitive nose always leading the way.

Browne was an inquisitive youth with a “try anything” attitude that didn’t always work when he was fiddling with muskets and gunpowder, or when he joined a circus and volunteered to ride a bicycle across a high wire.

Bridging the Two CulturesBy Priyamvada NatarajanI was an inquisitive child and my parents encouraged me and actively cultivated my curiosity.

We don’t have to use a telescope, or a microscope, or spend a billion dollars to study it — just an inquisitive eye.

But, thankfully, Dyer disobeys his hero and himself and gets all pondery, letting his inquisitiveness off the chain.

And yet, her inquisitiveness and restless mind seem to make it hard for her to be a full-on believer.

You will pardon the inquisitiveness of an old man, but are not you musicians a most impressionable lot?

The leader of the band, who went by the name of Black Will, muttered a curse upon his inquisitiveness.

"We have had a terrible time of it, Mr. McGaw," stated Mayo, avoiding the mate's inquisitiveness.

The man chained to his rock pile doubted the wisdom of his question, but African inquisitiveness had mastered his better judgment.

The only quality, indeed, in him that still continued to jar upon them was his phenomenal inquisitiveness.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inquisitiveness, such as: concern, curiousness, eagerness, interest, interestingness, and intrusiveness.

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

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