preachy
adjective
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
preachily
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a word derived from
preachy.
Example Sentences
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I am afraid, Elizabeth," said Dick preachily, "that you read too many novels, and not the right kind, either.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
