pryingly

1. 1.

   in a curious and prying manner

   “`Do you have a boyfriend,' she asked her prospective tenant pryingly”

Questions about pryingly

What does pryingly mean?

pryingly means "in a curious and prying manner".

How many syllables are in pryingly?

pryingly has 2 syllables and divides as pryin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pryingly a common word?

pryingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.