preachinglyadv.
/ˈpriːtʃɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈpritʃɪŋli/ In a preaching manner; moralizingly, sententiously.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > [adverb] > wearisomely
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1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't Post-scr. Their old method of talking preachingly, quotingly and quibblingly.
1873 Galaxy July 93/1 ‘You've been brought up among bad worldly surroundings,’ she reproves preachingly, pursing her mouth a little.
1984 D. Pizer Realism & Naturalism in 19th-cent. Amer. Lit. 174 In that story the moralism inherent in the fable/parable form is rendered wryly rather than ‘preachingly’.
2000 Recorder (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 2 Dec. a19 He might even bring a measure of the respect he talked about so preachingly during the campaign.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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