INQUISITORIAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having the authority to conduct official investigations
   Usage Example(s)
   • the inquisitorial power of the Senate
   Similar To
   • inquiring (what does inquiring mean?)
2. Meaning
   • marked by inquisitive interest
   • especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
   Usage Example(s)
   • the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism
   • a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents- Waldo Frank
   Similar To
   • inquiring (what does inquiring mean?)
3. Meaning
   • especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
   Antonym(s)
   • accusatorial (what does accusatorial mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • inquisitor (what does inquisitor mean?)
   • interrogator (what does interrogator mean?)