Pry (verb)
[prahy] / praɪ /
Meaning: asking questions or inquiring too closely about someone’s personal life.
Diane got engaged last week. Her friends Marie and Frances asked her these questions.
Frances: How was your engagement party?
Marie: How much did your engagement ring cost you?
In this situation, Frances asked a normal and acceptable question. But Marie’s question is a prying question. Marie is prying.
More examples using pry:
- Our neighbors always pry on us, it’s impossible to avoid them.
- I don’t mean to pry, but do you mind if I ask you a personal questions?
- Marie loves to pry into people’s private lives.
Other forms of pry:
Prying, Pries, Pried (verb)
He was prying so he could figure out my weakness in order to defeat me.
Diane always pries on me, I am fed up from her behaviour.
For winning the challenge, she pried on me which ultimately made me emotionally weak as a result she won.