Scrutiny
['skruːtɪnɪ] or ['skrutəni]
Definition
(n.) Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
(n.) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
(n.) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
(n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
(v. t.) To scrutinize.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Search, examination, investigation, inquisition, exploration, sifting, searching or careful inquiry, close search, critical examination.
Edited by Harold
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Search, investigation, sifting, inspection
ANT:Oversight, misobservation, disregard, connivance
Typed by Darla
Definition
n. careful or minute inquiry: critical examination: an examination of the votes given at an election for the purpose of correcting the poll: in the early Church the examination in Lent of the Catechumens: (R.C.) one of the methods of electing a pope the others being acclamation and accession.—adj. Scru′table.—ns. Scrutā′tion scrutiny; Scrutā′tor a close examiner.—v.t.. Scru′tinate to examine: to investigate.—n. Scrutineer′ one who makes a scrutiny or minute search or inquiry.—v.t.. Scru′tinise to search minutely or closely: to examine carefully or critically: to investigate.—n. Scru′tiniser.—adj. Scru′tinous.—adv. Scru′tinously.—Scrutin-de-liste a method of voting for the French Chamber of Deputies in which the voter casts his ballot for the whole number of deputies allotted to his department choosing the candidates in any combination he pleases—opp. to Scrutin d'arrondissement in which method the voter votes only for his local candidate or candidates the arrondissement being the basis of representation.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her thoughtfulness baffled his cunning scrutiny. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Shark, remarked the captain pleasantly after a moment’s scrutiny. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My design this morning was to take of her a near scrutiny--to read a line in the page of her heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She looked about the drawing-room with an expression of minute scrutiny. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The heavy, bloodshot eyes of the schoolmaster, rising to his face with an effort, met his look of scrutiny. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The suitor had to undergo an interrogatory and a scrutiny on many things. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Peniston again paused, but this time her scrutiny addressed itself, not to the furniture, but to her niece. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His face, voice, and manner--while I was in his company--were under such perfect control that they set all scrutiny at defiance. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Archer paused again, and their eyes met in another protracted scrutiny. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The conclusions drawn from this scrutiny he partially expressed in his succeeding observations. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This assumption was rightly subjected to close scrutiny in 1859 and the years following. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I saw a double meaning, then, in Mr. Wickfield's scrutiny of me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Persons who were made privy to his first discovery testify to the several experiments which he made in their presence before he ventured to expose his invention to the scrutiny of the public eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was glad it was to him she had revealed her secret, rather than to the cold scrutiny of Mr. Letterblair, or the embarrassed gaze of her family. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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