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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making a query.

   "God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of query form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Questioning, or prone to asking questions. not-comparable

Synonyms

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challengecuriousdisputeexaminationinquiringinquiry

Example

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"God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school."

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