inquisitive
She glanced inquisitively between the two of them.
They peered inquisitively to see what was happening.
The dog ran happily and inquisitively around the house.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Curiosity
curiosity
curiosity killed the catidiom
curious
curious about something
curiously
inquiringly
inquisitive
inquisitiveness
inquisitorial
meddlesome
nosy parker
out of curiosity
peeper
prurience
pruriency
quizzically
satisfy someone's curiosity
stick your nose into somethingidiom
stick your snoot in/into (something)idiom
thirsty

Examples of inquisitively

inquisitively
The old man climbed down from his high perch and looked around inquisitively.
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From under its wide, dingy expanse his sharp, little black eyes peered out inquisitively.
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She stood still for an instant, and then the round, white ray of her flashlight went dancing inquisitively around the office.
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Its head, thrust high in the air, was waving inquisitively from side to side.
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The woman paused and eyed the girl inquisitively.
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She pursed up her lips, looked inquisitively at him with bright eyes, and called her husband.
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She gave him a telegram and watched him inquisitively while he read it.
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He took it up, inquisitively sniffing, as he ran his eye over it.
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They looked up and stared at us inquisitively, but without moving.
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The coyote had halted and was squatting upon his haunches, his sharp nose pointed inquisitively toward them.
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The man ceased to pour and peered inquisitively into the cup.
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He was standing in their hole, and inquisitively poking about.
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A hundred invisible angry hands buffeted the man and woman thus inquisitively breasting the humor of the elements.
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The chickens came close to the dining-room door, and looked in, inquisitively.
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He stopped and regarded it inquisitively; a rich man's property, to be sure!
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