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Definition: Pryingly |
PryinglyAdverb1. 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. |
| 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 назойливо (importunately). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Pryingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: purringly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| 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) |
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. | |
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