scrutinize
verb (used with object)
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
scrutinizingly
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a word derived from
scrutinize.
Example Sentences
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And here she looked, for the first time, rather scrutinizingly at Bessie.
From Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey
"Indeed!" says the major, looking at him scrutinizingly.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
He paused at the sagging gate that opened into the long, deep-rutted lane and, folding his arms on it, looked earnestly and scrutinizingly over the buildings.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Nikolai asks himself, and looks at him scrutinizingly.
From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
It was near election time, and I looked at him scrutinizingly.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
