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pray tell

pray tell interjection: please explain (something the requester does not yet understand).

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Please explain (something the requester does not yet understand).
    • Pray tell us, how will they fare while you are away?
    Synonyms:
    do tell
  2. (idiomatic, sarcastic, usually) Expressing incredulity, please explain (some claim or position the speaker doubts).
    • But how, pray tell, do you "notice" something that happens when you're asleep?

pray tell meaning in Bengali

pray tell in Bengali

দয়া করে ব্যাখ্যা করো, অবিশ্বাস প্রকাশ করে

Synonyms of pray tell

Origin of pray tell

From pray (“ask (politely)”) + tell (“explain”).

Questions about pray tell

What does pray tell mean?
Pray tell means please explain (something the requester does not yet understand).
What is pray tell in Bengali?
Pray tell in Bengali is দয়া করে ব্যাখ্যা করো, অবিশ্বাস প্রকাশ করে. See Pray tell meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pray tell?
Pray tell is an interjection.

Words near pray tell in the dictionary

  1. Praxitelean
  2. Praxiteles
  3. pray
  4. pray away the gay
  5. pray in aid
  6. pray tell
  7. pray the gay away
  8. pray to the porcelain god
  9. pray to the porcelain goddess
  10. pray'd
  11. pray'r

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pray tell (page history and authors); pray tell (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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