queryingly Definition

query
noun queries

1. A question, especially one that raises a doubt or objection, etc.
2. A request for information; an inquiry.
3. A less common name for a question mark.

verb queries, queried, querying

1. To raise a doubt about or an objection to something.

Thesaurus: ask about, question, challenge, investigate, probe, inspect; Antonym: accept.
2. To ask.

Example: ‘How much?' she queried
(chiefly US)
3. To interrogate or question someone.

Derivative: querying
adj, noun

Derivative: queryingly
adverb

Etymology: 17c: from Latin imperative quaere ask!, from quaerere to ask.