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PRUDISHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prudishly mean?
• PRUDISHLY (adverb)
The adverb PRUDISHLY has 1 sense:
1. in a prudish manner
Familiarity information: PRUDISHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a prudish manner
Synonyms:
prudishly; puritanically
Context example:
she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste
Pertainym:
prudish (exaggeratedly proper)
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