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Pryingly

Definition: Pryingly

Pryingly

Adverb

1. In a curious and prying manner; "`Do you have a boyfriend,' she asked her prospective tenant pryingly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Translation: Pryingly

Language Translations for "pryingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

neugierig (agog, curious, inquisitive, inquisitively, inquisitorial, longing to know, nosey, nosily, nosy, prying, snoopy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

περιέργωσ (curiously), αδιάκριτα (indiscriminately). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yinglypray

   

Russian 

  

назойливо (importunately). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Pryingly

Misspellings

"Pryingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: purringly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pryingly"

Words rhyming with "pryingly" (pronounced 'Pry"ing*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pryingly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-p-r-y-y"

-2 letters: plying, prying.

-3 letters: girly, gripy, lingy, lying.

-4 letters: girl, girn, grin, grip, gyri, inly, ling, liny, pily, ping, piny, pirn, prig, pyin, ring.

-5 letters: gin, gip, gyp, lin, lip, nil, nip, pig, pin, ply, pry, rig, rin, rip, yin, yip.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-p-r-y-y"
 

+2 letters: pyrolyzing.

 

+4 letters: paralyzingly.

 

+5 letters: panegyrically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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