priggishly

adv.

prig（学究气的人，道学先生）的变形；

1. He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.
   他们责骂他是一个沾沾自喜、装腔作势的人。
2. Charles thinks he's better than the rest of us, the self-righteous prig!
   查尔斯认为他比我们大家都强，真是个自以为是的家伙！
3. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
   一个酒徒色鬼竟然摇身一变就成了道学先生。
4. If one wishes to be a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt one's moral views about them.
   一个人要是愿意当道学先生或清教徒，当然可以炫耀自己的伦理观点。
5. She said, "That Flora tries to take you on the prig again, you tell me-will you?"
   她说：“要是弗洛拉再带你去偷东西，你就告诉我，知道么？”

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