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pryingly

pryingly adverb: in a prying manner.

Adverb

pryingly (comparative more pryingly, superlative most pryingly)

  1. In a prying manner.

Forms of pryingly

comparativemore pryingly
superlativemost pryingly

Origin of pryingly

From prying + -ly.

Questions about pryingly

What does pryingly mean?
Pryingly means in a prying manner.
What part of speech is pryingly?
Pryingly is an adverb.

Words near pryingly in the dictionary

  1. pryer
  2. pryers
  3. pryest
  4. pryeth
  5. prying
  6. pryingly
  7. pryingness
  8. pryings
  9. Prylisne
  10. Pryluky
  11. prymnesin

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