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# questioningly

«questioningly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a questioning way, showing that you want to know…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (questioningly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a questioning way, showing that you want to know something or are not sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/questioningly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, characters look at each other questioningly when they are unsure what to do or say next

### examples

- They looked at each other questioningly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/questioningly/#x1)
- «Are you coming?» he asked questioningly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/questioningly/#x2)
- She raised her eyebrows questioningly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/questioningly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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