a. [ OE. inquisitif, F. inquisitif. ]
A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]
A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. I. Watts.
[ We ] curious are to hear,
What happens new. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
This folio of four pages [ a newspaper ], happy work!
Which not even critics criticise; that holds
Inquisitive attention, while I read. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor need we with a prying eye survey
The distant skies, to find the Milky Way. Creech. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an inquisitive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]