Both Uses of "scrutiny" in "A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES"

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Both Uses

scrutiny
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A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
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She scrutinized a chair across the room and then headed for it, putting her feet carefully one before the other.†
Story 4. *

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.
"Your face is certainly familiar," she murmured, scrutinizing him.†
Story 7.

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.

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(1) (scrutiny)
careful examination of something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)