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Meanings of prying in English

Catalan
xafarderia
Spanish
fisgoneo

Offensive inquisitiveness.

xafarderia

Offensively curious or inquisitive.

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Examples for "nosiness"
Examples for "nosiness"
1
And the sad thing to me is that I'm losing my nosiness.
East of eden
2
It was just plain old nosiness, and she had always half-resented it.
The god project
3
Come the summer, a new property-price register will facilitate your nosiness.
The Irish Times
4
You've got some brains, so use them on a little practical nosiness for a change.
The Gods Themselves
5
Given a whole new face to nosiness.
Calamity jayne
1
No luck with the side windows in the front room and dining room, but my snoopiness paid off with the kitchen.
Hard eight
Usage of prying in English
1
Forbes' practice of prying for personal information again reminds her of Gordon.
The new yorker
2
So said the books, but he still felt a compulsion and prying.
Servant of a dark god
3
He doesn't see any way of opening it beside prying it out.
Wired
4
He reached the dam, and prying at the gate, opened the way.
The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
5
But here those dreadful newspapers interfered; a prying into sweet secluded spots.
Hard Cash
6
The dirt on the window-panes was her only protection against prying eyes.
The Lost Despatch
7
And I shall not venture the impertinence of prying or of urging.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
8
Of all the prying busybodies I know, you are certainly the worst.
The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk
9
You're not prying, and even if you were, you have every right.
Darkness unleashed
10
Hernan said CERT uses encryption to protect unpublished advisories from prying eyes.
Wired
11
So you are the one who has been prying into my affairs.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
12
Our prying eyes soon discovered a trap door leading into the cellar.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
13
He seems to have gone about the seas prying into things considerably.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
14
The journalist knew that he was being told peremptorily to cease prying.
The Postmaster's Daughter
15
The next morning a prying jay discovered him and carried him away.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
16
She grabbed Naomi's left shoe, prying it off as she spun away.
Nemesis Game
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Prying through the time
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