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The novel priggishly assures us that storms in love are all the result of private-property relations.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018

Morgan imbues Louisa with poignant grace, and Davis makes priggishly pious Anna less of a cartoon than she might otherwise be.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2016

Neshaminy priggishly piles on, labeling her behavior as "egregious."

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015

The Second was also priggishly didactic, prescribing what its ivory tower editors and consultants considered “proper” language, and brusquely dismissing usage that was, as its labels declared, incorrect, improper, or illiterate.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2015

But after a time Tristrem ceased to blink and began to lecture, not priggishly at all, but in a persuasive manner that was hard to resist.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar