questioning
adjective
indicating or implying a question.
half-questioning
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a word derived from
questioning.
Example Sentences
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Her last words were half-questioning, half-hesitating, … her manner was as of one in doubt.. and Theos, kneeling still, surveyed her in worshipping silence.
From Ardath by Marie Corelli
Presently Bud came in, parried with some success 108 the half-questioning comments of the men, and went to bed.
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage
The last words were put in a half-questioning form to me, rather taking for granted that I would readily do what was requested.
From Daisy by Susan Warner
At the door she glanced back at Zoya with a half-questioning look, which the contessa answered by blowing her a kiss.
From The Title Market by J. H. Gardner Soper
She threw him a swift upward glance, half-scared, half-questioning.
From The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
