priggishly

• Наречие, описывающее поведение, которое является самодовольно правильным, чопорным или чрезмерно озабоченным правильностью и моральными нормами, часто в раздражающей или снисходительной манере.

An adverb describing behavior that is self-righteously proper, smug, or excessively concerned with correctness and moral standards, often in an irritating or condescending way.

1. In a self-righteous mannerC2formal

   Behaving in a way that shows one feels morally superior to others, often with strict adherence to rules.

   Самодовольно-праведно

   • He priggishly corrected everyone's grammar at the dinner table.
   • She priggishly refused to participate in the harmless game.
   • The critic priggishly dismissed the film as beneath his standards.

   Synonymsprimlyprudishlypuritanicallysanctimoniouslyself-righteouslysmugly

   Antonymshumblymodestlyunpretentiously