perusal
noun/pəˈɹuːzl̩/
Etymology From peruse + -al.
› The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
1
Studying something carefully; a careful study.
- Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.
- Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Preface”, in A Dictionary of the English Language:
1 more example
- These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
2
Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.
- Derived terms
- reperusal