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Interrogative is defined as something that is questioning or used as a question.

(adjective)

A glance clearly meant to ask someone "what are you thinking?" is an example of an interrogative glance.

The definition of an interrogative is a word that indicates a question is being asked.

(noun)

The word "how" is an example of an interrogative.

See interrogative in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

asking, or having the form of, a question
used in a question

Origin: LL interrogativus see interrogate

noun

an interrogative word or expression (Ex.: what? where?)

Related Forms:

interrogatively adverb

See interrogative in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Asking a question or being of the nature of a question: an interrogative raising of the eyebrows.
Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to ask a question: an interrogative adverb; an interrogative particle.

noun

A word or form used to ask a question.
A sentence or an expression that asks a question.

Related Forms:

inˌter·rogˈa·tive·ly adverb

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