Searchingly
['sə:tʃiŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in a searching manner; '`Are you really happy with him,' asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly'.
Editor: Mamie--From WordNet
Examples
- She held me by both hands, and her eyes fastened searchingly on mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She stopped, and taking her arm out of mine, looked me searchingly in the face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Many--she came to a full stop, and looked me searchingly in the face--many men of the rank of Baronet? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Arthur looked searchingly at him; he returned the look. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her eyes looked me searchingly in the face, as if to read something there which they had never read yet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then she looked searchingly at Ursula, as if to probe her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She sat, looking down; but, at this question, raised her eyes searchingly and a little resentfully. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He held a corner of it tight, while Venus, taking hold of another corner, searchingly and attentively read it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Mamie