All 3 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Water for Elephants
- He scrutinizes me, shoots an oyster of dark brown tobacco juice out the side of his mouth, and goes back inside.†
Chpt 3
- I scrutinize him, watching for chinks, but the new August persists.†
Chpt 17
- He scrutinizes me for what feels like a very long time.
Chpt 21 *scrutinizes = looks at or examines 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