Definition of prudish
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prudishly
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Examples of prudish in a Sentence
by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous
Recent Examples of prudish from the Web
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Since finding fame on the show, Mr Zhou had shown no inclination to upset prudish censors by returning to his gangsta-rapper roots.
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The champion of the optimistic and the moderate, the prudish Howells briefly read law in the office of the Radical Republican Benjamin Wade, an abolitionist, and then composed a campaign biography for Abraham Lincoln.
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The very fact that Underwood had to hide his monstrosity now seems quaint, even prudish – a comforting wish fulfillment if ever there was one.
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With high necklines and long, full sleeves, rendered in fluid fabrics like silk georgette and crêpe de chine, these are not prudish throwbacks but blank canvases for designer whimsy.
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Roberts recalls apologizing, excusing herself as prudish, and leaving.
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Perhaps Europeans are, ironically, more temperate than their prudish American cousins, or at least more tolerant.
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This is not the prudish queen of the history books.
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Think men cast as Mary, the plain and prudish Bennet sister, and as the snobbish Miss Bingley.
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First Known Use of prudish
1717
prudish Synonyms
Synonyms
nice-nelly, prim, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian;
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