interrogative

Asking or denoting a question.

Adjective

Asking or denoting a question.
- an interrogative phrase
- an interrogative pronoun
- The regular place of the interrogative word, of whatever kind, is at the beginning of the sentence, or as near it as possible. - 1877, William Dwight Whitney, Essentials of English Grammar for the Use of Schools, §470:
Pertaining to inquiry; questioning
- He took on an interrogative tone of voice.
- Thus speaking, the good man regarded his lady with an interrogative look. "I do n't know, dear!" she replied kindly, and sighing again. - 1847, Charles Sealsfield, Rambleton: A Romance of Fashionable Life in New-York...

From Late Latin interrogātīvus, equivalent to interrogate + -ive.

A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
- When question words are used, it is not necessary to add the ke particle, as it is already embedded in the interrogative - 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The...
Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
- There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these,...
- Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point,...
Synonyms: question mark
A question; an interrogation.
- "Who are you, sir, and what is your business?" demanded the Marquis... "That is a fair interrogative, my lord," answered Dalgetty. - 1819, Sir Walter Scott, A Legend of Montrose, section XII: