interrogatively
In questioning fashion
In a questioning manner, or as a question rather than a statement.
She looked at him interrogatively.
"You're leaving?" he said interrogatively.
The word describes how something is said or expressed when it seeks an answer or conveys uncertainty.
In a questioning manner
- probinglyIn a searching manner
- searchinglyIn a probing manner
- quizzicallyWith puzzled expression
- curiouslyIn an inquiring way
inquisitively · wonderingly · expectantly · pointedly · demandingly · pressingly · challengingly · persistently
In an unconvinced way
- disbelievinglyIn doubting manner
- suspiciouslyWith apparent distrust
- incredulouslyIn a doubting manner
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
warily · cautiously · critically · cynically · dubiously · uncertainly · hesitantly · guardedly
inquiringly
In a questioning manner
- probinglyIn a searching manner
- searchinglyIn a probing manner
- quizzicallyWith puzzled expression
curiously · inquisitively · wonderingly · expectantly · pointedly · demandingly · pressingly · challengingly · persistently · directly
doubtfully
In an unconvinced way
- disbelievinglyIn doubting manner
- suspiciouslyWith apparent distrust
- incredulouslyIn a doubting manner
distrustfully · warily · cautiously · critically · cynically · dubiously · uncertainly · hesitantly · guardedly · mistrustfully
question word
Inquiry-starting term
whom · whose · where · when · why · how · whether · inversion · auxiliary · question mark
interrogativelydeclaratively
In announcing manner
assertively · affirmatively · indicatively · imperatively · commandingly
interrogativelyassertively
In a self-assured way
confidently · definitively · categorically · unhesitatingly · emphatically