PRUDISHLY

prudishly, puritanically

(adverb) in a prudish manner; “she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

prudishly (comparative more prudishly, superlative most prudishly)

In a prudish manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Prud"ish*ly, adv.

Definition: In a prudish manner.

PRUDISH

Prud"ish, a.

Definition: Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Garrick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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