priggish

It sounded priggish, said like that in this quiet room.

Martin had considered her priggish, a bit of a spinster.

She did, however, appreciate the full extent of Gerard's priggish nature.

Her voice died away; she sounded like a priggish do-gooder.

The crude truth is that student violence works better than any amount of priggish argument.

David, when first we meet him, is 16, lonely, slightly priggish and susceptible to influence.

We live in a free country, and it would be priggish to attempt to legislate audience behavior.

It was only when I did something particularly outrageous that the priggish side of him came out.'

I, for one, have had enough of that priggish hypocrite."

It's one of the production's strengths that the play's younger generation comes across as righteous without being priggish.

"This is not getting the letters found," she said stiffly, sounding priggish even to her own ears.

And he is aware of his reputation for rectitude but tries hard not to appear priggish.

She knew enough of these matters to be certain that the priggish policeman would be back for more in due course.

I felt a priggish distaste for the corruption of modern society in its richer phases.

It occurred to him that he sounded priggish.

And the Epilogue puts the tale in a fascinating, priggish perspective for these young girls.

"I am well aware of it, thank you," I said, irritated by the priggish little know - all.

Tracy took the memorandum, and with a priggish, but by no means inelegant, bow went out.

A priggish Parisian draws a childlike sketch of a man skiing.

Both are priggish fellows with pedagogical streaks, inclined to self-satisfaction.

When the street children shouted too loud, certain priggish disciples did begin to rebuke them in the name of good taste.

And he thought Ottala was priggish; did he think the same of her?