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prissily

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He accused Mr. Venturi’s critics of “preoccupation with a rather prissily puristic aesthetic.”

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018

It's no fun prissily adhering to grammatical rules if it's mandatory.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2010

Loretta Young is a prissily elegant mayor from Maine.

From Time Magazine Archive

This leaves the prissily played Hundert sadder and wiser.

From Time Magazine Archive

She took note of Leslie and asked for an introduction, which one of the girls prissily gave.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson