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# prying

adjective (more prying, most prying)

«prying» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Prying means too curious about other people's business, and always wanting to find out secrets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prying/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a nosy person who looks into things that other people keep private, often getting into trouble for it

### Examples

- The prying boy looked in every drawer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prying/#x1)
- Nobody likes prying neighbours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prying/#x2)
- Stop being so prying and mind your own business. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prying/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «prying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prying/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«prying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prying.html) on Mova free.