All 3 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The maltster being rather short of breath, Mr. Coggan, after absently scrutinising a coal which had fallen among the ashes, took up the narrative, with a private twirl of his eye:— "Well, now, you'd hardly believe it, but that man—our Miss Everdene's father—was one of the ficklest husbands alive, after a while.†
Chpt 7-9
- Coggan, who, no less than the panting horses, had latterly shown signs of weariness, again scrutinized the mystic characters.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- Troy scrutinized her cheek as lit by the candles, and watched each varying shade thereon, and the white shell-like sinuosities of her little ear.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(scrutiny) careful examination of something