inquiring

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
• Hyphenation: in‧quir‧ing

inquiring

1. present participle and gerund of inquire

inquiring (plural inquirings)

1. inquiry
   • 1923, The London Mercury, volume 8, page 468:

     What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit?

   • 2003, Gerald A. Press, Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity, page 31:

     […] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given.

inquiring (comparative more inquiring, superlative most inquiring)

1. inquisitive
   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 150:

     When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind.

• uninquiring