priggish

• Unlike his priggish, self-satisfied colleague, Aoyagi did not enjoy this job. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
• In his exhaustion and frustration, there reemerged that other part of his personality that he had done so much to outgrow—the petulant, priggish, even self-pitying and decidedly immature Travis. —  Three Roads to Alamo
• They clear away all the myths—the priggish, the cold, the statuesque, the dull myths—as the strong gusts of the northwest wind in autumn sweep off the heavy mists of lingering August. —  George Washington, Vol. I
• Indeed, I and all his children, I think, look back now with the sense that even if we sometimes criticised him (I admit, only very slightly) on this point, we were and remain proud that he was splendide in-judex Let no one suppose that because my father was a saint, as undoubtedly he was, his general attitude towards life was of the priggish or puritanical kind. —  The Adventure of Living
• "She isn't a bit priggish, you know, but just naturally interested in everything good. —  Jewel Weed

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