prudishly
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/in a way thatshowsyou areeasilyshockedbyrudethings,especiallyanythingrelatingtosex:
(对性问题)大惊小怪地,迂腐守旧地,伪善地Victorianwritersprudishlyavoidedthissubject.维多利亚时代的作家基于对性问题的审慎,避开了这个话题。
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- Everyone is still havingaffairsbut weseemless prudishlyshockedby them.
- "Oh nowine, you need aclearhead," shetellsme prudishly.
- The show is prudishlyconventionalcomparedto theexperimentalnatureof his pastwork.
- It is said that the Victorians prudishlycoveredtablelegstoavoidcausingoffence.
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
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishness
- short-sightedly
- tunnel vision