Example Sentences
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A version of me—the one that’s priggishly polite, soft-spoken, and shocked by rude emotion—registered her sarcasm perfectly.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2018
The novel priggishly assures us that storms in love are all the result of private-property relations.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018
Bill Brochtrup makes for a priggishly plotting Lord Wessex, the well-born but financially strapped gentleman who enters a deal with Viola's father for her hand in marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2018
Neshaminy priggishly piles on, labeling her behavior as "egregious."
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015
"I didn't mean that, father, you know," she said priggishly.
From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson
