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prudishly, adv.|ˈpruːdɪʃlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a prudish manner; with prudery.
1742Pope Dunc. iv. 194 Nor wert thou, Isis! wanting to the day, (Though Christ-church long kept prudishly away). 1742H. Walpole Lett. to Mann (1834) I. 199 No yeoman's daughter could have acted more prudishly. 1859Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. vi. 259 They prudishly despised the anatomic study of the human figure. |