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pryingness

pryingness noun: the quality of being prying or nosy.

Noun

pryingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being prying or nosy.

Origin of pryingness

From prying + -ness.

Questions about pryingness

What does pryingness mean?
Pryingness means the quality of being prying or nosy.
What part of speech is pryingness?
Pryingness is a noun.

Words near pryingness in the dictionary

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

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