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ˈpryingly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a prying manner; narrowly, closely, inquisitively.
1628Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 50 That they will dare pryingly to sift out. 1720S. Parker Biblioth. Bibl. I. 427 Without examining too pryingly and sollicitously into the reasons of so unparallel'd a Transformation. 1853Chamb. Jrnl. XX. 424/2 The writer appears to have wandered pryingly into the alleys and by-places. |