examine
verb (used with object)
to inspect or scrutinize carefully.
examiningly
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a word derived from
examine.
Example Sentences
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She was now to search more deeply into the needs of life, still crudely, but examiningly.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
Then deliberately laying aside his hat and showing a head thickly covered, with white hair, he stroked and clutched his beard while he looked examiningly at the young face before him.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
The girl looked without fear, but thoughtfully and examiningly, at the brilliant assembly.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
