prudely

comparative more prudely · superlative most prudely

1. In the manner of a prude; prudishly.

   Had late observed my silent tear, That I was press'd, and press'd most rudely, Not to behave so very prudely ;

   1836, Alexander John Ellis, “My Recantation”, in Verses, Cambridge: Metcalfe and Palmer, page 107

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   When you family-prayed on Sunday nights— The living room a crowd of things to do Each prudely solemn word defined your rights.

   1960, Thomas McAfee, “The Matriarch”, in Poems and Stories, University of Missouri Press, page 3