mousingly

English

Etymology

mousing +‎ -ly

Adverb

mousingly

  1. (archaic) In a prying or meddlesome manner.
    • 1881, Allyn E. Wolcott, "That's the Talk" for American Freemen, page 183:
      Those who mousingly, or audaciously seek for places of public trust and power, are never worthy of them.
    • 1908, Mary Stewart Cutting Jr, The Wayfarers, page 147:
      […] being intent mousingly on getting every last little cheesy crumb of detail, and peacefully unaware of deep, rich stores concealed in her own family.
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