pry¹ /prī/

1. To peer or peep into something that is private (also figurative)
2. To examine things with impertinent curiosity

1. An act of prying (rare)
2. Someone who pries (like Paul Pry, in John Poole's (1792–1879) comedy of that name)

prīˈer (also pryˈer) noun

Someone who pries

pryˈing noun and adjective

pryˈingly adverb

pry out

To investigate or find out by prying

pry² /prī/

• contentious
• contentiously
• contentiousness
• contentiousnesses
• contentless
• contentment
• contentments
• contents
• content word
• content words
• conterminal
• conterminant
• conterminate
• conterminous
• conterminously
• contes
• contessa
• contessas
• contesseration
• contesserations
• contest
• contestability
• contestable
• contestant
• contestants