scrutinisingly

He took up his rolled serviette looked closely and scrutinisingly at the ring, then put his hand under the fold of the napkin and examined the texture, and put the thing down again.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006

Nekhludoff looked at Selenin scrutinisingly and with surprise, and Selenin dropped his eyes, in which appeared an expression not only of sadness but also of ill-will.

Resurrection 2003

"So, so, what is the meaning of this?" he asked gruffly, as he gave the child an abrupt shake of the hand, and gazed long and scrutinisingly at her from under his bushy eyebrows.

Heidi 2000

"What is your name?" asked Fräulen Rottenmeier, after scrutinisingly examining the child for some minutes, while Heidi in return kept her eyes steadily fixed upon the lady.

Heidi 2000

"You are a democrat, I see," said the beautiful woman, looking gravely and scrutinisingly at the eager flushed face, with its ruffled damp curls, and quick restless eyes.

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath Rita

Once more Sydney surveyed the place, in comprehensive fashion, from roof to basement, -- then he scrutinisingly regarded Mr Holt.

The Beetle Richard Marsh

Leslie gave one hasty look round the room and then lowered his glance, fixing it upon the floor, being unable to withstand the battery of so many eyes, all of which were fixed scrutinisingly upon himself.

Leslie Ross: or, Fond of a Lark Charles Bruce

Noticing, as I thanked him for his kindness, that I did not appear perfectly satisfied, he glanced at me scrutinisingly.

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

When he had passed through the village he had seen things he had not expected to see; when he had reached the entrance gate, and -- for reasons of his own -- dismissed his station trap, he had looked at the lodge scrutinisingly, because he was not prepared for its picturesque trimness.

The Shuttle 1907

Tommy shook hands scrutinisingly, and at once broke conversational ground with --

The Green Carnation Robert Smythe Hichens 1907