Meaning

2 senses
  1. (usually)Thorough.

    diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

  2. Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.

    a searching gaze; searching criticism

Forms

more searching, most searching
Comparativemore searching Lesson
Superlativemost searching Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect:trenchant
  • diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation:inquisitoryprobing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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