how to pronounce nosy

/ˈnəʊ.zi/

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nosy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of nosy in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… pretty much I'm just like really nosy so …”

meaning of nosy

Nosy means inquisitive, prying, or inquisitively prying.

nosy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word nosy occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics nosy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that nosy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;