Full Definition of peruse
transitive verb. 1a : to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study. b : to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner. 2 : read especially : to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner.
How do you use perusing?
Perusing sentence example
- He began perusing a fat envelope of Midwest travel information secured for his July Iowa bike tour. ...
- Still, we sometimes found ourselves perusing a report out of pure curiosity. ...
- Evelyn turned to the paintings she'd been perusing .
What does being haughty mean?
: blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior haughty aristocrats haughty young beauty … never deigned to notice us— Herman Melville.
