PRISSILY

Meaning of PRISSILY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ adverb ]

see prissy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

PRISSILY — adverb see: prissy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRISSILY — -sə̇lēˌ -li adverb : in a prissy manner : with prissiness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISSILY — adv. (Slang) strictly, meticulously, fussily; primly, with affected neatness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRISSILY — See main entry: ↑ prissy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISSILY — [adverb] [disapproving]
Cambridge English vocab
PRISSILY — чопорно
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSILY — чопорно
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRISSILY — чопорно
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSILY — чопорно
Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSY — adjective (prissier; -est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky , prissily …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRISSY — — prissily , adv. — prissiness , n. /pris"ee/ , adj., prissier, prissiest . excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISSY — ■ adjective ( prissier , prissiest ) fussily respectable; prim. Derivatives prissily adverb prissiness noun Origin C19: perh. a blend …
Concise Oxford English vocab
USTINOV, SIR PETER — born April 16, 1921, London, Eng. in full Peter Alexander Ustinov English actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, raconteur, and humanitarian. …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRISSY — pris ‧ sy /ˈprɪsi/ BrE AmE adjective informal [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Probably from prim + sissy ] behaving …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISSY — adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. prissily adv. prissiness n. [ perh. f. PRIM + SISSY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRISSY — adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. Derivatives: prissily adv. prissiness n. Etymology: perh. f. PRIM + SISSY
Oxford English vocab

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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