scrutinising
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
scrutinising
- present participle and gerund of scrutinise
Adjective[edit]
scrutinising (comparative more scrutinising, superlative most scrutinising)
- Of an action that scrutinises.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 244:
- Not such was the impression produced by a second and more scrutinising look, or when the face before you was lighted by expression.