priggish
Example Sentences
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It was hardly the first role that allowed him to explore fussy or priggish characters.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023
In chapter 36, Lucy arrives at the home of a priggish parson, whose wife is desperately ill with typhoid.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2020
The corporate culture that it reflects and embodies is, above all, sanctimoniousness, nostalgic, and priggish.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2019
This priggish sleight of hand is Barr’s wheelhouse.
From Slate • May 2, 2019
Suddenly, she was right there before me, that busy, priggish, conceited little girl, and she was not dead either, for when people tittered appreciatively at “evanesce” my feeble heart—ridiculous vanity!—made a little leap.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing priggish
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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