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    Prudishly is how you do something when you are being : in a way that shows you are easily shocked by sex or by “rude” talk, and that you rather want others to see that shock. She prudishly changed the subject. He smiled prudishly and closed the book. The word judges the manner, not just the person. It is not a common word in everyday chat; you will meet it more in stories and reviews. Same warning as the rest of this little family: it is about sexual tightness, said with , and it has nothing to do with driving carefully or saving money. For that idea you want prudently — a different adverb from a different root.

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組成prudish + -ly (from prude + -ish + -ly).

同家族的字

  • prudishthe adjective this adverb is built from
  • prudethe noun at the root
  • pruderythe attitude named from the same stem

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

prudishlyadv

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    In a prudish manner.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。