[
UK
/nˈəʊsi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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offensively curious or inquisitive
the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
prying eyes
curious about the neighbor's doings
curious about the neighbor's doings
How To Use nosey In A Sentence
- Carla has added her flag design to her blog, and since I'm up in Rotorua I thought I'd nosey through piles of dusty school projects and find the concept sketches I did for a new flag.
- She leaps up to fix them orange juice and cakes, leaving me to nosey around.
- He loosened his rifle in its holster and called Nosey to heel.
- And he lifted up a rung big eneuch to fell a stot, and let flee at the monkey; but Nosey was ower quick for him, and jumping aside, he lichted on a shelf before ane could say Jock Robinson. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827
- He loosened his rifle in its holster and called Nosey to heel.
- But I also just adore noseying at other people's snapshots.
- I had intended walking through the marvellous Kirkton Glen to Glen Dochart, but spent too much time noseying around the church instead.
- he flipped through my letters in his nosey way
- Mind you, I'm always noseying at books and coveting.
- Once, he even told a nosey old besom to mind her own business.