PURITANICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a prudish manner

Example:

she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste

Synonyms:

prudishly; puritanically

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

puritanical (exaggeratedly proper)

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