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priggishly

priggishly adverb: in a priggish way.

Adverb

priggishly (comparative more priggishly, superlative most priggishly)

  1. In a priggish way.
    • Philostratus seems to be the only writer who conceives that the Knossian Labryinth ^([sic]) was pointed out to visitors as still existing. Apollonius of Tyana priggishly refused to go to see it, because he would not make himself a spectator of Minos's wrong-doing.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 110

Forms of priggishly

comparativemore priggishly
superlativemost priggishly

Origin of priggishly

From priggish + -ly.

Questions about priggishly

What does priggishly mean?
Priggishly means in a priggish way.
What part of speech is priggishly?
Priggishly is an adverb.

Words near priggishly in the dictionary

  1. priggesses
  2. prigging
  3. priggings
  4. Priggione
  5. priggish
  6. priggishly
  7. priggishness
  8. priggishnesses
  9. priggism
  10. priggisms
  11. prighood

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