[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inquisitive.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / inquisitive

[← I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/I/)

# inquisitive

«inquisitive» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inquisitive, more inquisitive)

### meaning for a pupil

Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and looking into what is not your business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a curious character who peeks, listens or asks questions in a tale

### examples

- The inquisitive cat sniffed every box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/#x1)
- Peter was inquisitive and asked many questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/#x2)
- Do not be so inquisitive about other people's letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inquisitive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.