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Meanings of perusal in English

Catalan
lectura pausada

Reading carefully with intent to remember.

lectura pausada
Usage of perusal in English
1
Early in his perusal he caught the personal bias of the news.
The Rules of the Game
2
The Honourable Hilary was absorbed in his daily perusal of the Guardian.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
3
The melancholy pleasure he shall have in the perusal of her papers.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
4
They were despatched to the princess for her perusal in the morning.
Beverly of Graustark
5
Decidedly the best novel of the season... amply merits a second perusal.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
6
A copy of it in the Athenæum is well worth a perusal.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884
7
Any light perusal of any news archive would bear this summary out.
The Guardian
8
I moved back almost eight months and began a more careful perusal.
Fatal Voyage
9
At any rate, here are the main film nominations for your perusal.
The Irish Times
10
The perusal of this letter aroused in me a medley of feelings.
The Daughter of the Commandant
11
His uncle Everard enjoyed a perusal of the manuscript in his absence.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1
12
Redworth accused her of getting that idea from the perusal of romances.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
13
They were letters whose perusal might prove unpleasant; so Thorne postponed it.
Princess
14
At this place Mat once more suspended the perusal of the letter.
Hide and Seek
15
She placed it on the axe over the fire-buckets for perusal later.
The Little Warrior
16
The perusal of that letter was the work of a few moments.
The Heart of Unaga
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Perusal through the time
Perusal across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common