mousingly

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adverb

In a prying or meddlesome manner.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. archaicIn a prying or meddlesome manner.

    Those who mousingly, or audaciously seek for places of public trust and power, are never worthy of them.

    1881, Allyn E. Wolcott, "That's the Talk" for American Freemen, page 183
    1 more example

    […] being intent mousingly on getting every last little cheesy crumb of detail, and peacefully unaware of deep, rich stores concealed in her own family.

    1908, Mary Stewart Cutting Jr, The Wayfarers, page 147

Origin

From mousing + -ly.

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APA

mousingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousingly

MLA

“mousingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mousingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousingly.

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