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prying


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pry  \Pry\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Prying}.] 
  To  raise  or  move  or  attempt  to  raise  or  move  with  a  pry  or 
  lever;  to  prize.  [Local,  U.  S.  &  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prying  \Pry"ing\,  a. 
  Inspecting  closely  or  impertinently. 
 
  Syn:  Inquisitive;  curious.  See  {Inquisitive}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prying 
  adj  :  offensively  curious  or  inquisitive;  "curious  about  the 
  neighbor's  doings";  "he  flipped  through  my  letters  in 
  his  nosy  way";  "prying  eyes";  "the  snoopy  neighbor 
  watched  us  all  day"  [syn:  {nosy},  {nosey},  {snoopy}] 
  n  :  offensive  inquisitiveness  [syn:  {nosiness},  {snoopiness}] 




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