All 3 Uses of "scrutiny" in "Water for Elephants"

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All 3 Uses

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He scrutinizes me, shoots an oyster of dark brown tobacco juice out the side of his mouth, and goes back inside.†
Chpt 3

scrutinizes = looks at or examines 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.
I scrutinize him, watching for chinks, but the new August persists.†
Chpt 17

scrutinize = to look 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 scrutinizes me for what feels like a very long time.
Chpt 21 *

scrutinizes = looks at or examines 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)