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prissily

prissily adverb: in a prissy manner; in a manner that is excessively prim or proper.

Adverb

prissily (comparative more prissily, superlative most prissily)

  1. In a prissy manner; in a manner that is excessively prim or proper.

Forms of prissily

comparativemore prissily
superlativemost prissily

Origin of prissily

From prissy + -ly.

Questions about prissily

What does prissily mean?
Prissily means in a prissy manner; in a manner that is excessively prim or proper.
What part of speech is prissily?
Prissily is an adverb.

Words near prissily in the dictionary

  1. prissiest
  2. prissified
  3. prissifies
  4. prissify
  5. prissifying
  6. prissily
  7. prissiness
  8. prissinesses
  9. prissing
  10. prissing around
  11. prisspot

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