priggishly

• Adverbe décrivant un comportement prétentieusement vertueux, guindé ou excessivement soucieux de la correction et des normes morales, souvent d'une manière agaçante ou condescendante.

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.

   D'une manière moralisatrice

   • 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.

   Synonymesprimlyprudishlypuritanicallysanctimoniouslyself-righteouslysmugly

   Antonymeshumblymodestlyunpretentiously