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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
prying
    adj 1: offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the
           neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his
           nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us
           all day" [syn: nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy]
    n 1: offensive inquisitiveness [syn: nosiness, prying,
         snoopiness]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prying \Pry"ing\, a.
   Inspecting closely or impertinently.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Inquisitive; curious. See Inquisitive.
        [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pry \Pry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pried; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Prying.]
   To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or
   lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for prying:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
busy, busybody, curious, delving, digging, fishing, forward, impertinent, in search of, inquisitive, inquisitorial, loaded for bear, looking for, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, obtrusive, officious, out for, out for bear, poking, presumptuous, probing, pushing, pushy, searching, self-appointed, snooping, snoopy
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