pryingly
- 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
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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel
“Have Allison and Leslie got any sweethearts yet?” she asked pryingly as she followed her sister down the stairs.
From Cloudy Jewel by Hill, Grace Livingston
Sometimes I could see him sitting on an impending bough, with his tail over his back, looking down pryingly upon me.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various
Instead, he began to prowl about my room, pryingly, nosingly, touching things here and there.
From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
