searchingnessn.
/ˈsəːtʃɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsərtʃɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of investigating or scrutinizing something thoroughly or with keen observation or insight.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > thoroughness or exhaustiveness
thoroughnessa1631
searchingness1685
exhaustiveness1817
radicalism1830
exhaustion1869
1685 H. More Some Cursory Reflexions upon Baxter 2 I thought he had studied that Sacred Writing with that Care and Searchingness.
1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 400 Passages of great feeling, animation, and searchingness.
1875 Contemp. Rev. July 228 A position which two Courts of Justice, after investigations of unequalled searchingness and duration, had pronounced to be unquestionably false.
1998 Independent (Nexis) 26 Dec. (Features section) 17 Michael Frayn's profound and haunting meditation..explores difficult material with a searchingness that simply would not be risked in a television play or film.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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