observe
verb (used with object)
to see, watch, perceive, or notice.
observingly
-
a word derived from
observe.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Clive's friend had been looking on observingly and curiously as the scene between them had taken place, and at the dance with which the reconciliation had been celebrated.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
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 Arthur Judson Brown
“There is some soul of goodness in things evil; Would men observingly distill it out.”
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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 L. P. Jacks
Meantime, the master wine-grower moves observingly from rank to rank.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by William Chambers
