WONDERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wondering mean? 

• WONDERING (adjective)
  The adjective WONDERING has 1 sense:

1. showing curiosity

  Familiarity information: WONDERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WONDERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing curiosity

Synonyms:

inquisitive; questioning; speculative; wondering

Context example:

raised a speculative eyebrow

Similar:

curious (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns))

 Context examples 

He was wondering if I were making fun of him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Long after it was dark I sat there, wondering whether anybody else would come.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She had read and read the scene again with many painful, many wondering emotions, and looked forward to their representation of it as a circumstance almost too interesting.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"What's the name?" asked Beth, wondering why Jo kept her face behind the sheet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I was wondering how that would work out.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I was standing there, wondering what I should do next, when a covered van drove up with two men in it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I know it," returned Dorothy, "but we have lost the Scarecrow, and are wondering how we shall get him again."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

White Fang looked on with a wondering eye.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I was wondering what I should say to this dear little woman to-night when she meets me at the door.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Elinor could not hear the declaration, nor witness its proofs without sometimes wondering whether her mother ever recollected Edward.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)