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Meanings of prudish in English

Exaggeratedly proper.

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Usage of prudish in English
1
Some of it must go; the public are fools and prudish fools.
Plain Tales from the Hills
2
And he was right as well, to think her prudish and overcautious.
The Golem and the Jinni
3
This can be surprising to the relatively prudish mainstream of previous generations.
The Guardian
4
He did not look at her, but he did not seem prudish.
The Scar
5
We become more and more prudish as what we call civilization advances.
The Emancipated
6
God's not being prudish or puritanical in forbidding sex outside of marriage.
The myth of a christian religion: losing your religion for the b...
7
His strength and his youth called to hers, expecting no prudish response.
The Longest Journey
8
Nothing inflames prudish indignation like the sight of the naked human body.
The Irish Times
9
Shall I assist you now, and answer your prudish denunciations later?
Existence
10
I had almost managed to forget, I said, feeling awkward and sounding prudish.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
11
I, however, had learned to keep my prudish observations to myself.
The Kingmaker
12
It was a mere fact; therefore, why be prudish and affected about it.
The Head of the House of Coombe
13
Some of them made me blush, and I'm not exactly prudish.
The Book of Life
14
They were essentials of propriety then-natural ,andnever viewed as prudish.
Chantry House
15
He dared say that she was not as prudish with the methodist parson.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
16
The most prudish old woman would have found nothing to find fault with.
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
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