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Antonyms for perusal


Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-roo-zuh l
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈru zəl



Definition of perusal

Origin :
  • c.1600, from peruse + -al (2).
  • noun scrutiny
Example sentences :
  • I will send you these letters for your perusal in a few days.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Yet we confess that the perusal of these volumes has disappointed us.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Shall I give you something I have written and put by for your perusal, or shall I hold my hand?'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He must have been thinking of that perusal ever since he had been in prison.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I have enclosed you a piece of rhyming ware for your perusal.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Whatever are the contents, I know not; but she was drowned in tears on the perusal of it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Hennings considered the condensed report proffered for his perusal.
  • Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • We rise from the perusal of such a fiction chastened and improved.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • The whole poem is bathed in beauty, and invites perusal after perusal.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
  • Long, tedious hours are beguiled in the perusal of their contents.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Synonyms for perusal

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