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# nosiness

«nosiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being too interested in other people's private business…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (nosiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Being too interested in other people's private business; being nosy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

An everyday word for prying behaviour: peeping at someone's diary, listening at doors, asking too many personal questions. In stories, a nosy neighbour's nosiness may uncover a mystery. Linked to safety and privacy online.

### examples

- Her nosiness got her into trouble when she read her sister's diary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x1)
- Excuse my nosiness, but where did you get that coat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x2)
- The neighbour's nosiness was annoying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x3)
- Nosiness helped the detective solve the case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x4)
- "Stop your nosiness and mind your own business!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x5)
- The cat's nosiness led it into the cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x6)
- Nosiness about other people's passwords is never okay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. From "nosy" (also spelled "nosey") + "-ness": the "y" becomes "i". Phrase: "Mind your own business". "Nosy parker" (UK) is someone who is nosy.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nosiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.