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scrutinous

scrutinous adjective: thorough, careful, strict.

Adjective

scrutinous (comparative more scrutinous, superlative most scrutinous)

  1. thorough, careful, strict.
    • He and the others joined in, calling the boy outside the window a girl while observing with scrutinous gaze the effeminate features of the fellow.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 243

Forms of scrutinous

comparativemore scrutinous
superlativemost scrutinous

Questions about scrutinous

What does scrutinous mean?
Scrutinous means thorough, careful, strict.
What part of speech is scrutinous?
Scrutinous is an adjective.

Words near scrutinous in the dictionary

  1. scrutinizes
  2. scrutinizest
  3. scrutinizeth
  4. scrutinizing
  5. scrutinizingly
  6. scrutinous
  7. scrutinously
  8. scrutiny
  9. scrutinying
  10. scrutinyite
  11. scruto

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