scrutinous

English

Adjective

scrutinous (comparative more scrutinous, superlative most scrutinous)

1. thorough, careful, strict.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 243:

     He and the others joined in, calling the boy outside the window a girl while observing with scrutinous gaze the effeminate features of the fellow.