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4,900- Inquisitive
- Inquisitively
- Inquisitiveness
- Inquisitor
- Inquisitorial
- Inquisitorially
- Inquisitorious
- Inquisiturient
- Inracinate
- Inrail
- Inregister
- Inro
- Inroad
- Inroll
- Inrunning
- Inrush
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- Insalubrious
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- Insalutary
- Insanability
- Insanable
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- Insane
- Insanely
- Insaneness
- Insaniate
- Insanie
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- Insanitation
- Insanity
- Insapory
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- Insatiable
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- Insatiate
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- Insatiateness
- Insatiety
- Insatisfaction
- Insaturable
- Inscience
- Inscient
- Insconce
- Inscribable
- Inscribableness
- Inscribe
- Inscriber
- Inscriptible
- Inscription
- Inscriptive
- Inscroll
- Inscrutability
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- Inscrutably
- Insculp
- Insculption
- Insculpture
- Insculptured
- Inseam
- Insearch
- Insecable
- Insect
- Insecta
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- Insectation
- Insectator
- Insected
- Insecticide
- Insectile
- Insection
- Insectivora
- Insectivore
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- Insectologer
- Insectology
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- Inseminate
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- Insert
- Inserted
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- Insertion
- Inserve
- Inservient
- Insession
- Insessor
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- Inset
- Inseverable
- Inshaded
- Inshave
- Insheathe
- Inshell
- Inship
- Inshore
- Inshrine
- Insiccation
- Inside
- Insidiate
- Insidiator
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- Insight
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- Insignificance
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- Insignificative
- Insignment
- Insimulate
- Insincere
- Insincerely
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- Insinew
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- Insinuate
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- Insipid
- Insipidity; Insipidness
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- Insipient
- Insist
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- Insisture
- Insitiency
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- Insnare
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- Insobriety
- Insociability
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- Insolation
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- Insomnia
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- Insomuch
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- Insooth
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- Insoul
- Inspan
- Inspect
- Inspection
- Inspective
- Inspector
- Inspectorate
- Inspectorial
- Inspectorship
- Inspectress
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Inquisitive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A person who is inquisitive; one curious in research. Sir W. Temple.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer. A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. Broome.
2. Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious. A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. I. Watts.
Synonyms: Inquiring; prying; curious; meddling; intrusive. Inquisitive, Curious, Prying. Curious denotes a feeling, and inquisitive a habit. We are curious when we desire to learn something new; we are inquisitive when we set ourselves to gain it by inquiry or research. Prying implies inquisitiveness, and is more commonly used in a bad sense, as indicating a desire to penetrate into the secrets of others. [We] curious are to hear, What happens new. Milton. This folio of four pages [a newspaper], happy work! Which not even critics criticise; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read. Cowper. Nor need we with a prying eye survey The distant skies, to find the Milky Way. Creech.