as in staid
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priggish
Adjective
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But Wilson’s address was a profound, unprecedented, and welcome departure from the typical, staid, recitation of facts and figures.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025 -
The first is Teleprompter Trump, who reads a prepared speech and tends to be staid, sleepy, and insincere.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Emily, perhaps true to her prudish Adderall-y millennial type, is not especially flirty.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Then again, the same could be said for all of MLB, which is considered stuffier than the NFL and NBA.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
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His Olympic Agenda 2020 did away with some of the IOC’s stuffier traditions and paved the way for the inclusion of trendy urban sports like BMX and breaking at the Games.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Raising the stakes were the injunctions of the Hays Code, whose puritanical rules demanded that studio filmmakers in Hollywood shy away from depictions of interracial romance.—
Mayukh Sen,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2025
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With their charismatic leadership, organizational skills, puritanical ideology, and internal solidarity, HTS and other militant groups were the unintended beneficiaries.—
Fawaz A. Gerges,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Ruby is a mess — chaos, really — whereas AJ is a bit more straitlaced, and there’s a stiff physicality to her.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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Garrison plays Trisha, Sam’s straitlaced sister who’s undergone major growth as well.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Or the shotgun houses with their Victorian embellishments.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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Walk down the Strand, known for its opulent Victorian architecture, to reach La King’s Confectionery, a charming old-timey ice cream shop, for dessert.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Bon Appétit,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Their outfits speak to the juxtaposition of prim and proper styling alongside deconstructed looks on the pavement outside of presentations.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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There were enveloping officer’s overcoats, high-gloss leather jackets, prim gowns affixed with fur accents and stark black suits.—
Jacob Gallagher,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Priggish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priggish. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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