单词 | prissily |
释义 | > as lemmasˈprissily ˈprissily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > in affected proper manner priggishly1721 primly1733 prudishly1742 maiden-auntishly1928 prissily1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Prissily,..adv.—prissiness, n. 1939 F. Prokosch Night of Poor xxvi. 218 ‘You're a dirty boy,’ she observed, prissily tossing her curls. 1976 Listener 15 July 58/1 The blackcurrant eyes, the prissily pursed mouth. 2003 Economist 1 Feb. 52 ‘The Prophet was a man of religion not sex,’ pronounced a former religious-affairs minister prissily. < as lemmas |
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