priggishly
- adverb
- /ˈprɪɡɪʃli/
- Offensive
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mojigadamente
- All the forces arrayed against him are summed up when his daughter priggishly complains at breakfast: "My Sunday school teacher Mr. Stackhouse told me that he saw my father coming out of a saloon."
Examples
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He knew, from the moment he entered Lydia's lavish lair, that she had no man of the house to offer any kind of asylum—or else why was she showing up, frantic, in his favorite coffee shop and priggishly making sure the waitress would never forget her?
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He often acted priggishly, pointing out others' mistakes instead of helping them improve.
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She spoke priggishly, criticizing everyone's choices as if she were morally superior to them.
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During the debate, she presented her arguments priggishly, making it clear she believed her views were the only valid ones.
Synonyms
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6.6
In a very proper and formal way that shows dislike of untidy or rude behavior
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In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
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7.7
Acting as if your actions and opinions are better than other people's
In a way that gives moral advice and sounds like a lecture
In a very proper and fussy way
In a way that shows strong moral beliefs and care about fairness
Antonyms
How Self-Righteous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Priggishly comes from the noun prig, a person who thinks they are morally better than others. One helpful way to remember it is to link prig to words like prim or prissy, which mean strict about manners, so to act priggishly is to behave 'self-righteously proper'.