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Meaning of SEARCHING

Pronunciation:  'surching

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  exploring thoroughly
  2. [adj]  diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
  3. [adj]  having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
 
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 Synonyms: explorative, exploratory, inquiring, inquisitory, intelligent, probing, trenchant
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Search"ing\, a.
Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as,
a searching discourse; a searching eye. ``Piercing,
searching, biting, cold.'' --Dickens. -- {Search"ing*ly},
adv. -- {Search"ing*ness}, n.
 
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