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• n  a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
• n  some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
• a  relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
  not all questions have an interrogative construction
• a  relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation

• Not until they looked thoroughly satisfied did Surgeon Hallenbeck raise an interrogative eyebrow and ask, "Scalpel?" At Didier's permissive nod, without which he would not have .
• Against their cool responses, interrogative reporting of the Mike Wallace-Dan Rather school seems out of season, overheated and hectoring.
• The doctor can then direct the machine toward one condition in particular, or switch the computer to an interrogative mode, in which it will ask for additional pertinent facts.

• question
• interrogation
• interrogative sentence
• interrogative mood
• interrogatory

• declarative
• declaratory

News & Articles

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• First St. Charles Parish budget hearing mainly procedural; revisions could come later
  The first of three public hearings on St. Charles Parish's proposed 2014 budget on Tuesday was more procedural than interrogative. Administration officials publicly submitted their spending requests to the Parish Council.Most of the departmental budgets presented Tuesday -- about 80 of...
  Oct. 22, 2013 - New Orleans Times-Picayune