schoolmarm
noun
a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
schoolmarmish
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a word derived from
schoolmarm.
Example Sentences
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He responded with a schoolmarmish reply that he doesn't spend his time "trying to smear other Republicans."
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
Like the mama bird in “Are You My Mother?,” a woman is allowed to leave the nest to retrieve a worm, though someone, somewhere may be noting her absence with schoolmarmish disapproval.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
They mean well, of course, but pandemic apocalypses are the most schoolmarmish of all apocalypses.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2021
As schoolmarmish as Four’s attitude has been, it begins to seem sensible when his partner’s carelessness puts them both at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
She tucked her lips together, which made her look so schoolmarmish and so much older than she was.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
