HyperDic: prudishly

English > 1 sense of the word prudishly:
ADVERBallprudishly, puritanicallyin a prudish manner
English > prudishly: 1 sense > adverb 1
MeaningIn a prudish manner.
Example"she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"
Synonympuritanically
Adjectivesprudishexaggeratedly proper

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