All 12 Uses of

scrutiny

in

Inkheart

He scrutinized Meggie so thoroughly she felt quite embarrassed and didn't know where to look.†

scrutinized = looked at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.

Elinor muttered something suspicious and scrutinized Meggie as if she thought her capable of any kind of disgraceful conduct, whatever her father might say.†

Elinor leaned on the windowsill and scrutinized Dustfinger through narrowed eyes.†

He bent over the map, scrutinized it for what seemed an eternity, and finally pointed with his finger.†

The old man scrutinized Mo's face until he turned his head away and looked out of the narrow kitchen window.†

He wasn't used to being inspected as fearlessly as this old man was scrutinizing him now, not even by his men.†

scrutinizing = looking at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.

Basta scrutinized him with a mixture of wariness and arrogance.†

scrutinized = looked at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.

He scrutinized Silvertongue's face, as if trying to remember whether he had seen it before.†

She wanted to compare Meggie to a hero from some story, but all the heroes she could think of were men, and anyway none of them seemed to her brave enough for a comparison with the girl standing there perfectly straight, scrutinizing Capricorn's Black Jackets with her chin jutting out defiantly.†

scrutinizing = looking at very carefully

standard 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