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pryingly

adverb

adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about pryingly at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. In a curious and prying manner.
    `Do you have a boyfriend,' she asked her prospective tenant pryingly

Origin

From prying + -ly.

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