What does prissily mean?

prissily means "in a prissy manner".

How many syllables are in prissily?

prissily has 3 syllables: pris-si-ly. The stress falls on "pris".

What is another word for prissily?

Close synonyms include primly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prissily a common word?

prissily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

prissily — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a prissy manner
“the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily”
Synonymsprimly

Questions about prissily

What does prissily mean?: prissily means "in a prissy manner".
How many syllables are in prissily?: prissily has 3 syllables: pris-si-ly. The stress falls on "pris".
What is another word for prissily?: Close synonyms include primly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is prissily a common word?: prissily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for prissily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a prissy manner
“the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily”
Synonymsprimly

Questions about prissily

What does prissily mean?: prissily means "in a prissy manner".
How many syllables are in prissily?: prissily has 3 syllables: pris-si-ly. The stress falls on "pris".
What is another word for prissily?: Close synonyms include primly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is prissily a common word?: prissily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for prissily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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