- prissily
- adverb see prissy
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
prissily
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prissily — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
prissily — adverb in a prissy manner the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily • Syn: ↑primly • Derived from adjective: ↑prissy, ↑prim (for: ↑primly) … Useful english dictionary
prissily — See prissy. * * * … Universalium
prissily — adverb In a prissy manner; in a manner that is excessively prim or proper … Wiktionary
prissily — prɪsɪlɪ adv. (Slang) strictly, meticulously, fussily; primly, with affected neatness … English contemporary dictionary
prissily — pris·si·ly … English syllables
prissy — prissily, adv. prissiness, n. /pris ee/, adj., prissier, prissiest. excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim. [1890 95, Amer.; b. PRIM1 and SISSY] * * * … Universalium
primly — adverb in a prissy manner (Freq. 1) the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily • Syn: ↑prissily • Derived from adjective: ↑prissy (for: ↑prissily), ↑prim … Useful english dictionary
prissy — adjective (prissier; est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky • prissily adverb • prissiness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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