prissily
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈprɪs.əl.i/us/ˈprɪs.əl.i/in a way thatshowstoo muchcareaboutbehavingordressingcorrectly:
拘谨地;一丝不苟地;刻板地It was atownoflargehouseswith prissilymownlawns.那个小镇上都是大房子,草坪修剪得非常漂亮。
Hertailoredsuitsare always prissilyneat.她的定制西装总是非常整洁。
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prissy
- Theplaywas prissily overdramatic.
- Thecharacterheplaysis the prissilysecretiveheadofcounterintelligence.
- Shewaitedprissily on thesidelinesandpretendingnot to beimpressed.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- prudishness
- short-sightedly
- tunnel vision