Scrutinize
['skru:tənaɪz] or ['skrutənaɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.
(v. i.) To make scrutiny.
Typed by Enid
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Examine, investigate, search, canvass, study, sift, explore, overhaul, probe, dissect, look into, search into, pry into.
Inputed by Allen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Examine, probe, search_into, sift,[See EXAMINE]
Editor: Vicky
Examples
- Selden had retained her hand, and continued to scrutinize her with a strange sense of foreboding. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is worth while to scrutinize this list closely to appreciate the wide range of his activities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Earnest was the gaze that scrutinized them as they emerged from behind the trunk of the cedar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He scrutinized the crystals of sodium ammonium racemate obtained from aqueous solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When we reached the carré, a large square hall between the dwelling-house and the pensionnat, she paused, dropped my hand, facedand scrutinized me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She scrutinized his face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Over a quarter of a million pages of patent-office reports, encyclopedias, trade journals, receipt books, and other special publications have been carefully scrutinized. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Bradley Headstone scrutinized the boy as closely as the boy had scrutinized the gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The woman looked up at Mrs. Bird, with a keen, scrutinizing glance, and it did not escape her that she was dressed in deep mourning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The officers were scrutinizing every one in the column, sometimes speaking to each other, going forward to flash a light in some one's face. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In looking back on those days and scrutinizing them through the years, I am impressed by the greatness, the solitary greatness I may say, of Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The bacteriologist with the same instrument scrutinizes the drinking water and learns whether the dangerous typhoid germs are present. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Richard