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Definition
careful examination of something
- Together we scrutinized the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop.p. 84.6
scrutinized = looked at very carefully
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)
- He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil.p. 145.9
- But when I'd shouted "hello. several times in vain, an argument broke out behind a partition, and presently a lovely Jewess appeared at an interior door and scrutinized me with black hostile eyes.p. 170.2
There are no more uses of "scrutiny" in The Great Gatsby.
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