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prudish
(encz) | prudish,prudérní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Prudish
(gcide) | Prudish \Prud"ish\, a.
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly
severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
[1913 Webster]
A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick.
[1913 Webster] |
prudish
(wn) | prudish
adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim,
prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed,
straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced,
straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian] |
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prudishly
(encz) | prudishly, |
prudishness
(encz) | prudishness,prudérnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Prudish
(gcide) | Prudish \Prud"ish\, a.
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly
severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
[1913 Webster]
A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick.
[1913 Webster] |
Prudishly
(gcide) | Prudishly \Prud"ish*ly\, adv.
In a prudish manner.
[1913 Webster] |
prudishly
(wn) | prudishly
adv 1: in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder
whether she is really all that chaste" [syn: prudishly,
puritanically] |
prudishness
(wn) | prudishness
n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness,
prudishness, prudery, Grundyism] |
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