prying
adjective
that pries; looking or searching curiously.
pryingly
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a word derived from
prying.
Example Sentences
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Lane had to have been prepared but a subtle wince of disappointment could be detected when the camera pryingly caught his immediate reaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
I think You would not flatter me!—But scan me close, And pryingly, as one who seeks a thing He means to find—What signs of age dost see?
From The Love-chase by Henry Morley
He looked down pryingly into her arms, and at the first glance thought that it was his umbrella.
From The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope
Enter Sarah Young & her Servant Girl, with a Box—on which is written "Sarah Young"—Bailiffs, come forward, look pryingly about—The Chair comes on P.S.
From The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) by Anonymous
Sometimes I could see him sitting on an impending bough, with his tail over his hack, looking down pryingly upon me.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne
