observe
verb (used with object)
to see, watch, perceive, or notice.
observingly
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a word derived from
observe.
Example Sentences
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out, is a comprehensive maxim, which sounds as if it came straight from Shakespeare's lips.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir
From this view-point, we can say with Shakespeare:— ``There is some sort of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out.''
From New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening by Brown, Arthur Judson
She does so, and he looks observingly at John, and then goes to the table, and makes a noise with the bag on the table.
From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford
There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
Here, as in America, he looked about him observingly and pondered the meaning of what he saw.
From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by Jacks, L. P.
