Both Uses of
scrutiny
in
All the King's Men
- Then she turned around and scrutinized my face as though the light weren't very good in the hall.†
Chpt 10
- She was still scrutinizing my face.
Chpt 10 *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:
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(scrutiny) careful examination of something