inquiringly r in an inquiring manner Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly Usage(s) He looked inquiringly into the limpid water of the canal, sailed for Manhattan after a two-day visit. The auctioneer looked inquiringly about. Only the most religiously extreme families force girls that young to wear hejab (as the veil is known in Iran), and I looked at my friend inquiringly. Synonym(s) enquiringly