prying
adjective (more prying, most prying)
Everyday
Prying means too curious about other people's business, and always wanting to find out secrets. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a nosy person who looks into things that other people keep private, often getting into trouble for it
Examples
- The prying boy looked in every drawer. tree →
- Nobody likes prying neighbours. tree →
- Stop being so prying and mind your own business. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «prying» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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