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mousingly

mousingly adverb: in a prying or meddlesome manner.

Adverb

mousingly

  1. (archaic) In a prying or meddlesome manner.
    • Those who mousingly, or audaciously seek for places of public trust and power, are never worthy of them.1881, Allyn E. Wolcott, "That's the Talk" for American Freemen, page 183
    • […] being intent mousingly on getting every last little cheesy crumb of detail, and peacefully unaware of deep, rich stores concealed in her own family.1908, Mary Stewart Cutting Jr, The Wayfarers, page 147

Origin of mousingly

From mousing + -ly.

Questions about mousingly

What does mousingly mean?
Mousingly means in a prying or meddlesome manner.
What part of speech is mousingly?
Mousingly is an adverb.

Words near mousingly in the dictionary

  1. mousing
  2. mousing around
  3. mousing hook
  4. mousing hooks
  5. mousing over
  6. mousingly
  7. mousings
  8. mousle
  9. mousled
  10. mousles
  11. Mousley

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