interrogatory
Americanadjective
noun
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a question; inquiry.
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Law. a formal or written question.
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Etymology
Origin of interrogatory
From the Late Latin word interrogātōrius, dating back to 1525–35. See interrogate, -tory 1
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Polished, urbane and preternaturally prepared, Cornwell’s sometimes mischievous demeanor forms a kind of shadow narrative, a fascinating carapace that Morris’s interrogatory arrows fail to fully pierce.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
It's a helpful interrogatory narrative device which allows the show to jump back and forward in time, as Savile reflects on his life and career.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
Unsurprisingly, I turned first to essays, that interrogatory genre in which we confront a consciousness in conversation with itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2020
Separately, at the Senate impeachment trial Thursday, Warren posed a question that, by rule, was read aloud by Roberts -- and even Democrats in the chamber appeared visibly puzzled by the interrogatory.
From Fox News ● Jan. 30, 2020
She looked at me, then she spoke rapidly to the little girl in Italian, with a rising inflexion, then a pause, interrogatory.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
In effect, the complaint here invites the Journal’s lawyer to use interrogatories and depositions to plumb the entire relationship between the two men.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
Over five weeks, the CID demands answers to multiple complex interrogatories and IH testimony on extraordinarily broad topics for which no witness could responsibly be prepared to provide complete and accurate testimony.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2022
“The nature and large number of proposed interrogatories represents a stark departure from previous inquests,” the motion says.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Monroe offered to sit for a deposition and ultimately submitted answers to written interrogatories.
From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2020
The storms with which it had begun subsided, and a calm ensued, in which Mrs Ireton set apart her querulous irascibility, and forbore her contemptuous interrogatories.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
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