probing
adjective
examining, investigating, or exploring something in a deep or searching way.
probingly
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a word derived from
probing.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, years of postmodernist buildings followed in their portfolio, designs that indulged historicism and traditions less probingly than in the Academy building.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020
“A Family Tour,” which dramatizes the intimate implications of those choices, is unflinching, probingly analytical, and fiercely angry.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
The show opens with Lemon seated onstage, reading from a text that humorously, probingly, sometimes opaquely reflects on his art.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
“Microsoft’s search engine is better than Google’s,” Bill Gates said probingly.
From Washington Post
Charles Wallace looked at Calvin probingly for a mo-ment; then an almost glazed look came into his eyes, and he seemed to be thinking at him.
From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
