What does rummaging mean?
Rummaging means present participle and gerund of rummage.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of rummage.
There was always the impossibility, of course, of finding him anything, the least bit "good," that he wouldn't already, long ago, in his rummagings, have seen himself[…]
Use rummaging when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rummaging means present participle and gerund of rummage.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There was always the impossibility, of course, of finding him anything, the least bit "good," that he wouldn't already, long ago, in his rummagings, have seen himself[…]
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