prying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Adjective

prying (comparative more prying, superlative most prying)

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Derived terms

• pryingly
• pryingness

Verb

prying

1. present participle and gerund of pry

Noun

prying (plural pryings)

1. The act of one who pries.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights, page 280:

     That it is wrongful to do a thing in that it is grubby in the way in which pryings for the sake of prurient interest are grubby, does not by itself make doing the thing an infringement of a claim.

Translations

act of one who pries

Esperanto: sondado

Anagrams

• Pingry