interrogative

 
Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈrɒgətɪv/

adjective

  • having the force of a question: a hard, interrogative stare
  • Grammar used in questions: an interrogative adverbContrasted with affirmative and negative.

noun

  • a word used in questions, such as how or what.
  • a construction that has the force of a question: interrogatives are not likely to crop up very often in the speech of a person who is being interviewed

Derivatives

interrogatively

adverb

Origin:

early 16th century: from late Latin interrogativus, from Latin interrogare (see interrogate)