prudishly

'No,' Greg Simpson said, prudishly, seeing the job prospect disappear but feeling all the same superior.

The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

Or are you like me, prudishly making the synapses fire while decidedly non-juiced?

Under the Influence 2007

Or are you like me, prudishly making the synapses fire while decidedly non-juiced?

February 2007 2007

The New York Times just prudishly denounced the fun-loving Berlusconi, as "an aging Lothario."

Eric Margolis: Italy's Lover-in-Chief 2009

Or for prudishly hiding the fact that some astronauts come equipped with breasts?

Science Fashion - Why is always about the boobs? Peggy 2007

As the depth of the Republican breakthrough becomes apparent to Democrats, they launch the same feeble counterattacks that failed them last time, prudishly correcting misleading GOP advertisements and crying for the recess monitor when the other side plays dirty.

Get Your Class War On 2008

Media around the world have picked up on the finding, cautioning, prudishly, that you can't beat breast cancer with cheeseburgers and beer.

Barbara Ehrenreich: What Causes Cancer: Probably Not You 2008

As the depth of the Republican breakthrough becomes apparent to Democrats, they launch the same feeble counterattacks that failed them last time, prudishly correcting misleading GOP advertisements and crying for the recess monitor when the other side plays dirty.

Thomas Frank wants a class war. Ann Althouse 2008

They need to think through whether it helps their cause very much to seem thin-skinned and to act prudishly offended when we speak of superficial things.

Archive 2007-07-01 Ann Althouse 2007

And when the cunning Mei Lin invites Ah Kiew to give her some help with her algebra (a request that does not fool him for a moment), Chong writes “Algebra had become abracadabra – or as a classic Chinese hack would have put it, prudishly, ‘A conjuncture of turbulent cloud and rain ensued.’”

Archive 2005-07-01 Sharon Bakar 2005