Synonyms for probing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : prohb
Phonetic Transcription : proÊŠb

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Définition of probing

Origin :
  • early 15c., "instrument for exploring wounds, etc.," also "an examination," from Medieval Latin proba "examination," in Late Latin "a test, proof," from Latin probare (see prove). Meaning "act of probing" is 1890, from the verb; figurative sense of "penetrating investigation" is from 1903. Meaning "small, unmanned exploratory craft" is attested from 1953.
  • adj acute
Example sentences :
  • Simmias acknowledges that there is cowardice in not probing truth to the bottom.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • The amputation, the incision, the probing had to be done then and there, on the instant.
  • Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
  • His fingers quested all over one plate, probing and tapping.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Asteroid » by Manly Wade Wellman
  • That's where our ship landed on the second probing expedition.
  • Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The time for probing was near, but it lingered yet a little.
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • He had come to the end of his resourcefulness in the art of probing for facts.
  • Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
  • Thomas had the cover off the radar panel and was probing around.
  • Extract from : « Greylorn » by John Keith Laumer
  • The fat man with the strange pronouncements and probing questions.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • "Oh, then you don't love her," said Uncle Ike, probing into the wound.
  • Extract from : « Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy » by George W. Peck
  • "There has been talk of probing this disaster, naturally," began Jenks.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various

Antonyms for probing

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