All 3 Uses of
scrutiny
in
A Thousand Acres
- Since the Monopoly games had ended, Jess didn't come around as regularly, and so there wasn't even the fearsome pleasure of maybe exposing myself to the scrutiny of the others as I handed him cups of coffee or asked idle questions about Harold.†
p. 170.7scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- I burned the paper that had contained the minced hemlock, careful to imagine as completely as possible the potential scrutiny of the sheriff.†
p. 313.4 *
- She put down the picture, then picked up the one of the baby and scrutinized it.†
p. 362.1scrutinized = 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.
Definition:
careful examination of something