searching
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(satellite adjective) exploring thoroughly |
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(satellite adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" |
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Synonyms: trenchant |
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(noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
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Synonyms: hunt, hunting, search |
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Related Words: activity, digging, dowsing, exploration, forage, foraging, frisk, frisking, looking, looking for, manhunt, quest, ransacking, rummage, scouring, seeking |
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(satellite adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings" |
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Synonyms: inquisitory, probing |
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