adjective
- having the form or nature of a question
Usage: formal
noun
- a formal written question used in legal proceedings to obtain information from another party
Usage: legal
Examples
- The lawyer’s interrogatory tone made the witness nervous.
- She raised her eyebrows in an interrogatory manner.
- The attorney filed several interrogatories with the court.
- Each interrogatory must be answered under oath.
- The defendant’s lawyer objected to the interrogatory as irrelevant.
- His interrogatory glance demanded an immediate explanation.