Definition of Inquisitorially

1. adv. In an inquisitorial manner.

Definition of Inquisitorially

1. Adverb. In an inquisitorial manner. ¹

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Definition of Inquisitorially

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquisitorially

inquiry
inquiry agent
inquisible
inquisition
inquisition post mortem
inquisitional
inquisitionary
inquisitioned
inquisitioning
inquisitions
inquisitive
inquisitively
inquisitiveness
inquisitor
inquisitorial
inquisitorially (current term)
inquisitorious
inquisitors
inquisitory
inquisitour
inquisitrix
inquisiturient
inquorate
inracinate
inracinated
inradii
inradius
inrage
inraged
inrages

Literary usage of Inquisitorially

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications (1846)
"... he issued a proclamation to Cranmer, and eight other bishops and clerics, to proceed inquisitorially against the baptists, to search for their books, ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"Let the libraries of Europe be examined strictly and inquisitorially (and this will not be a heavy expense), and the new accessions to classical literature ..."

3. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"... when a magistrate was conducting this preliminary examination, he was acting inquisitorially and not judicially; that such proceedings might and ought ..."

4. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"... prove his innocence he will be admitted to swear obedience to the papal mandates. If he does not appear, he is to be proceeded against inquisitorially. ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... inquisitorially. He is looking away from KILLICK, and apparently addressing some being in the air who is not quite so invisible as to escape the ..."

6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"... even in cases of suspicion, to proceed inquisitorially like the abolished Court, " notwithstanding any law or statute to the contrary. ..."

7. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1900)
"... to be conducted in the presence of the accused, not secretly or inquisitorially ; all serious crimes and all Press offences were to go before a jury. ..."

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