priggishly

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adverb

In a priggish way.

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Meanings

adverbpriggishly (comparative more priggishly, superlative most priggishly)

comparative more priggishly · superlative most priggishly

  1. In a priggish way.

    Philostratus seems to be the only writer who conceives that the Knossian Labryinth ^([sic]) was pointed out to visitors as still existing. Apollonius of Tyana priggishly refused to go to see it, because he would not make himself a spectator of Minos's wrong-doing.

    1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 110

Origin

From priggish + -ly.

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APA

priggishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priggishly

MLA

“priggishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priggishly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “priggishly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priggishly.

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