asking

UK /ˈæskɪŋ/ US /ˈæskɪŋ/
noun 3adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

That asks; that expresses a question or request.

It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes.

[…] all of them looked at each other in an asking way.

noun

1

The act or process of posing a question or making a request.

His asking was greeted with silence.

The large eyes sought his own, as if asking for help, and yet unable to do more than look their mute asking.

2

A request, or petition.

After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown.

3

The marriage banns.

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