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inquisitiveness

[ UK /ɪnkwˈɪzɪtˌɪvnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a state of active curiosity

How To Use inquisitiveness In A Sentence

  • Maria Montessori advocated respect for the mind of the child, within the prepared environment, as the way to stimulate curiosity, inquisitiveness, and life-long learning.
  • There is an unnerving, corvine inquisitiveness to his gaze.
  • “Yes,” said the Rector, quietly; and he crossed one gaitered leg over the other, and, with fingers interlaced, twiddled his thumbs, as he eyed the monstrous sectary under his orthodox old brows with a stern inquisitiveness. Uncle Silas
  • Perhaps someone with the inquisitiveness of my German friend has been meddling.
  • Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene.
  • So do I, darling," says the mother, and looks at her with a tender inquisitiveness that makes the sweet girl flinch, and affect for a moment a noisy gayety, which is not in her heart. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
  • It especially excited their inquisitiveness.
  • It is better to invoke the saints with devout prayers and tears, and with a humble mind to beg their glorious aid, than to search with vain inquisitiveness into their secrets.
  • Our habitations were palaces our food was ready stored in granaries -- there was no need of labour, no inquisitiveness, no restless desire to get on. III.5
  • Maria Montessori advocated respect for the mind of the child, within the prepared environment, as the way to stimulate curiosity, inquisitiveness, and life-long learning.
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