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prying
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
prying
(adjective)
pry
(verb)
pry
(verb)
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prying
/
ˈ
prajɪŋ/
adjective
prying
/
ˈ
prajɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of PRYING
[
more prying; most prying
]
:
trying to find out about other people's private lives
She tried to escape the
prying
eyes of her neighbors.
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