[COUNTER- 3.] A question in reply to another question, a question asked by the person questioned.
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, ii. 42. They try to escape from this broad question under cover of the dust of other counter-questions.
1876. G. Meredith, Beauch. Career, I. xii. 168. The counterquestion was a fair retort enfolding a gentler irony.
