| 单词 | priggishly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpriggishly ˈpriggishly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adverb] > dandyishly coxcombically1654 priggishly1721 buckishly1820 dandily1834 dandyishly1868 foppishly1876 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > in affected proper manner priggishly1721 primly1733 prudishly1742 maiden-auntishly1928 prissily1934 1721 tr. P. Burman Oration against Stud. Humanities 87 Lest your Parents and Friends should find Fault that you have done nothing at University,..desire them to try you..at dancing and walking priggishly, at adjusting your Dress and Periwigs. 1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. lvii. 257 A good secondary officer, priggishly exact in the mechanism of a regiment, but wholly unfit to plan a campaign or lead an army. 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) viii. 291 The news-editor shook his head priggishly. ‘The Irish Record does things legally.’ < as lemmas |
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