[ad. late L. quæst-, questiōnāri-us (Boethius): see QUESTION and -ARY1.]
1. Having the form of a question; consisting of questions; conducted by means of questioning.
1653. Manton, Exp. James iii. 13. The questionary proposal intimateth the rare contemporation of these two qualities.
a. 1715. Burnet, Own Time (1724), I. 35. The questionary trial came last, Every Minister asking such questions as he pleased.
1775. Adair, Amer. Ind., 60. The reply confirms the meaning of the questionary salute.
1838. Chalmers, Wks., XIII. 75. Let us institute a questionary process upon the doings.
2. That asks questions. rare–1.
1711. Steele, Spect., No. 80, ¶ 6. Let those two questionary Petitioners try to do thus with their Who’s and their Whiches.
