governessy

adjective

Definition of governessynext
as in overmodest

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  1. prudish
  2. prim
  3. flirtatious
Adjective
  • The Comstock Act is a relic, not just of a more prudish era in American history, but of an age when the sort of individual rights that modern Americans take for granted effectively did not exist.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 May 2024
  • Emily, perhaps true to her prudish Adderall-y millennial type, is not especially flirty.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of prudish
Adjective
  • One sketch, vetoed by the network, had Tomlin playing a prim mother, Mrs. Beasley, calling her son in from the back yard, which was actually a war zone, ablaze with exploding mortar shells.
    Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Last year may have given us Brat Summer, but things are moving in a decidedly prim direction for 2025.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of prim
Adjective
  • The two struck up a flirtatious correspondence, emailing and Skyping in the middle of the night.
    Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Back in 2017, their press tour for Spider-Man: Homecoming was a flirtatious tour de force: Zendaya always doubled over in laughter, Tom comforting an anxious Zendaya with a gentle hand on her knee, both of them constantly pulling the same silly face or one-liner out at the same exact time.
    Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of flirtatious
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Thesaurus Entries Near governessy

governesses

governessy

governing

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