Searchingly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Searching \Search"ing\, a.
     Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as,
     a searching discourse; a searching eye. "Piercing, searching,
     biting, cold." --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Search"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Search"ing*ness},
     n.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  searchingly
       adv : in a searching manner; "`Are you really happy with him,'
             asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly"