snoopingly

Adverb

snoopingly (not comparable)

1. In a snooping manner.
   • PARSON enters from L., goes to door of clubhouse and knocks. No answer. Knocks again. No answer. Knocks a third time. No answer. Tries door, but it is locked. Looks around snoopingly and listens for sounds of rolling dice, but hears none.1921, Jeff Branen, The African Golf Club: A Blackface Farce, page 12
   • I hid my own purchases for several days, no mean trick in a school where every drawer and cupboard was inspected, openly and snoopingly too, at least twice a week.1983, M. F. K. Fisher, As They Were, page 34