[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That questions, in senses of the vb.
1801. Charlotte Smith, Lett. Solit. Wand., I. 234. Under … the questioning eye of his father.
1818. Shelley, Rev. Islam, V. xii. Earnest countenances on me shed The light of questioning looks.
1858. Longf., M. Standish, VI. 31. Like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence.
Hence Questioningly adv., in a questioning manner; inquiringly.
1863. B. Taylor, H. Thurston, I. 87. As he looked keenly and questioningly at the little figure.
