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pudically

pudically adverb: in a pudic manner; prudishly.

Adverb

pudically (comparative more pudically, superlative most pudically)

  1. In a pudic manner; prudishly.
    • Visiting what the programme pudically calls "A famous rendezvous for beautiful women and wealthy lovers" -- the kind of place which in simple old London forces half the police into evening dress, with what result to the more imaginative of our younger officers Parliament discusseth not -- the...1948, James Agate, Around cinemas, page 21
    • And what that was may now be revealed, since the Fellows of All Souls have removed the Noli me tangere from the chapel roof, where Gilbert Scott1 once pudically hid it, and have actually cleaned it.1961, Gerald Reitlinger, The Economics of Taste: The Rise and Fall of Picture Prices 1760-1960

Forms of pudically

comparativemore pudically
superlativemost pudically

Origin of pudically

From pudic + -ally.

Questions about pudically

What does pudically mean?
Pudically means in a pudic manner; prudishly.
What part of speech is pudically?
Pudically is an adverb.

Words near pudically in the dictionary

  1. pudhina
  2. pudibund
  3. pudibundity
  4. pudic
  5. pudical
  6. pudically
  7. pudicitia
  8. pudicities
  9. pudicity
  10. pudina
  11. Puding

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