Synonyms for perusal
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puh-roo-zuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈru zəl |
Définition of perusal
Origin :- c.1600, from peruse + -al (2).
- noun scrutiny
- 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
Antonyms for perusal
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