| Pronunciation: | | 'surching
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| Matching Terms: | | searching fire, searchingly
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- [adj] exploring thoroughly
- [adj] diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
- [adj] having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
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| | Synonyms: | | explorative, exploratory, inquiring, inquisitory, intelligent, probing, trenchant |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Search"ing\, a.
Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as,
a searching discourse; a searching eye. ``Piercing,
searching, biting, cold.'' --Dickens. -- {Search"ing*ly},
adv. -- {Search"ing*ness}, n.
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