searching
search‧ing /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ $ ˈsɜːr-/
adjective [only before noun]
searching questions/investigation/examination etc
Interviewees need to be ready for some searching questions.
2. searching look/glance/gaze a look from someone who is trying to find out as much as possible about someone else’s thoughts and feelings:
She avoided his long searching look.
—searchingly adverb
search‧ing /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ $ ˈsɜːr-/
adjective [only before noun] Word Family: noun: search, research, researcher; verb: search, research; adverb: searchingly; adjective: searching
1. intended to find out all the facts about somethingsearching questions/investigation/examination etc
2. searching look/glance/gaze a look from someone who is trying to find out as much as possible about someone else’s thoughts and feelings:
—searchingly adverb