interrogatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English interrogative

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English interrogatively

From interrogative + -ly.

Adverb

interrogatively

1. In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.

Translations

in an interrogative manner

• Catalan: interrogativament
• French: interrogativement (fr)
• Galician: interrogativamente (gl)
• Italian: interrogativamente (it)
• Portuguese: interrogativamente
• Russian: вопроси́тельно (ru) (voprosítelʹno)
• Spanish: interrogativamente (es)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “interrogatively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “interrogatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.