All 7 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Underworld, by DeLillo
- When Klara left him it turned something loose, a rant, an unworded voice that incited feelings so varied and confused and bled-together, so resistant to separation and scrutiny that he felt helpless in its surge.†
scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- But now this scrutiny as to what he wears and what he looks like.†
- Don't subject the episode to ten hours of neurotic scrutiny.†
- We have an issue that's crying out for, really, scrutiny, to use one of your words.†
- Go ahead, scrutinize it.†
scrutinize = to look at very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- Why do you say scrutiny is my word?†
scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- readings of image interpreters who spend their days and nights scrutinizing the itty-bitty blurs on nearly identical frames of recon film
*scrutinizing = carefully looking at and inspectingstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
careful examination of something