Prying: alternatives and connections

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Prying

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Curious 84% connected

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Curious 84% connected

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Curiousness 76% connected

Carefulness; painstaking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inquisitiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolle…

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Poke 74% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable