interrogative
adjective
of, relating to, or conveying a question.
interrogatives
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pluralof interrogative.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Speaking in a deadpan monotone, he is prone to responding to interrogatives with a curt “affirmative” or “negative” and saying things like “normal is for normal people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
Piqued by the exclusion, he circulates a public letter, in which his resentments are masked by interrogatives and faux naïveté:
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 3, 2017
Dr. Crombie thinks, "that interrogatives are strictly relatives;" and yet divides the two classes with his own hand!
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
The people ran to the water's edge and began firing a broadside of down east interrogatives with such rapidity as to nearly swamp him.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton
Usually ni is added when it is required by the verb, and the interrogatives ca or zo are always put at the end of the sentence, with zo preferred.
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear
