prissily
adverb disapproving uk/ˈprɪs.əl.i/ us/ˈprɪs.əl.i/
拘谨地;一丝不苟地;刻板地
in a way that shows too much care about behaving or dressing correctly
It was a town of large houses with prissily mown lawns. 那个小镇上都是大房子，草坪修剪得非常漂亮。
Her tailored suits are always prissily neat. 她的定制西装总是非常整洁。
See: prissy
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- The play was prissily overdramatic.
- The character he plays is the prissily secretive head of counterintelligence.
- She waited prissily on the sidelines and pretending not to be impressed.