Both Uses of
scrutiny
in
A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
- 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 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.
- "Your face is certainly familiar," she murmured, scrutinizing him.†
Story 7.scrutinizing = looking 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.
Definition:
careful examination of something