Search·ing, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. “Piercing, searching, biting, cold.”
-- Search*ing*ly, adv. -- Search*ing*ness, n.
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searchingly
adv : in a searching manner; "`Are you really happy with him,'
asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly"