essaying
Giving it tries
Essaying is the act of attempting or trying something, often with uncertain outcome: She's been essaying a new approach to the problem.
The word carries a slightly formal or literary tone, emphasizing effort over result.
Less commonly, essaying refers to testing or assaying the quality of something, particularly metals.
Creating technical blueprints
- composingCreating musical works
- outliningTracing outer contours
- penningWriting or confining animals
- authoringProducing written content
structuring · editing · wordsmithing · proofreading · articulating · journaling · blogging · prose
Thoroughly investigating something
- examiningInspecting with care
- investigatingSeeking facts systematically
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
contemplating · reflecting · meditating · musing · ruminating · considering · weighing · analyzing
Purposeful sustained attempt
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- undertakingTask one commits to
- ventureRisky new undertaking
trial · pursuit · experimentation · initiative · enterprise · quest · struggle · challenge
Way of seeing things
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- standpointPosition for judgment
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
interpretation · insight · approach · stance · framing · vantage · slant · take
Convincing through reasoning
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
discourse · debate · critique · analysis · interpretation · commentary · opinion · assertion
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
authoring · structuring · editing · wordsmithing · proofreading · articulating · journaling · blogging · prose · scripting
probing
Thoroughly investigating something
- examiningInspecting with care
- investigatingSeeking facts systematically
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
pondering · contemplating · reflecting · meditating · musing · ruminating · considering · weighing · analyzing · scrutinizing
endeavor
Purposeful sustained attempt
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- undertakingTask one commits to
venture · trial · pursuit · experimentation · initiative · enterprise · quest · struggle · challenge · task
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- standpointPosition for judgment
lens · interpretation · insight · approach · stance · framing · vantage · slant · take · reflection
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
reasoning · discourse · debate · critique · analysis · interpretation · commentary · opinion · assertion · contention
essayingsucceeding
Attaining aims or following
accomplishing · achieving · completing · finishing · mastering
essayingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
refraining · avoiding · declining · neglecting · refusing
essayingexecuting
Carrying out a task
performing · doing · committing · enacting · implementing