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preachy, a. colloq.|ˈpriːtʃɪ|
[f. preach v. + -y.]
Inclined to preach; given to preaching; characterized by a preaching style.
1819Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 70 He was a very good man..though abundantly heavy, preachy and prosy. 1859Holyoake in Reasoner 27 Feb. 66/1 The Rev. Mr. M...was a little preachy and complacent. 1890Spectator 15 Mar., It belongs to the class of preachy novels. 1955A. Huxley Let. 29 May (1969) 748 If I seem to be smug and preachy, forgive me. 1966Word Study Feb. 5/2 Getting so dogmatic, or preachy, or stuffy that our students rebel against us. 1978Time 3 July 15/2 He is tiresomely preachy in his talks with non-Israeli leaders, repeating to the point of boredom his odd fact-and-fiction litany of Jewish biblical and legal rights, his self-justification for Irgun atrocities and his blend of self-righteous arrogance. |