Definition of Prudishly

1. Adverb. In a prudish manner. "She acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"

Exact synonyms: Puritanically
Partainyms: Prudish, Puritanical

Definition of Prudishly

1. adv. In a prudish manner.

Definition of Prudishly

1. Adverb. In a prudish manner. ¹

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Definition of Prudishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prudishly

prudent
prudent man rule
prudential
prudentialist
prudentialists
prudentialities
prudentiality
prudentially
prudently
pruderies
prudery
prudes
prudhomme
prudhommes
prudishly (current term)
prudishness
prudishnesses
pruh
pruina
pruinas
pruinate
pruine
pruines
pruinose
prunable
prune
prune cake
prune whip
pruned

Literary usage of Prudishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... with the result that the peeling outer cuticle revealed the white dermis or true skin. Some tribes are prudishly modest in their rela- ..."

2. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... who are losing power just in proportion as they neglect to know or prudishly ignore this field, and wins men by the score to both virtue and piety. ..."

3. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... who are losing power just in proportion as they neglect to know or prudishly ignore this field, and wins men by the score to both virtue and piety. ..."

4. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... or prudishly ignore this field, and wins men by the score to both virtue and piety. I have sat at his feet and tried to learn the secret of his method. ..."

5. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... who are losing power just in proportion as they neglect to know or prudishly ignore this field, and wins men by the score to both virtue and piety. ..."

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