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prying - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'prying' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prying [ a.]
- Inspecting closely or impertinently.
2 . Prying [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Pry

Meaning of 'prying' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prying [ s]
Meaning (1):
- offensively curious or inquisitive
Example in sentence:
  • curious about the neighbor's doings;
  • he flipped through my letters in his nosy way;
  • prying eyes;
  • the snoopy neighbor watched us all day

Nearby Words:

pry pryan pryingly prytanes prytaneum prytanis prytany prythee

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