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  • adjective comparative form of prissy: more prissy

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Examples

  • I think Hitchens’ sentiments quoted above amount to Stu Bykovsky in prissier prose.

    All Quiet on the Western Front 2007

  • Some of the prissier magazines, notably The New Yorker and Life, refused to run the ads.

    Archive 2006-08-01 KaneCitizen 2006

  • Some of the prissier magazines, notably The New Yorker and Life, refused to run the ads.

    Elliott White Springs, Man After My Own Heart KaneCitizen 2006

  • Is not a cupcake just a prissier muffin, perhaps a slightly finer body made with cake flour, but with no real substance on the inside, only covered with frosting make-up and adorned with flashy chocolate and candy accessories on the outside?

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

  • Is not a cupcake just a prissier muffin, perhaps a slightly finer body made with cake flour, but with no real substance on the inside, only covered with frosting make-up and adorned with flashy chocolate and candy accessories on the outside?

    Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling - We're Gonna Need a Montage 2006

  • And, most days, Frasier's psychiatrist brother Niles: younger, prissier - and instantly infatuated with Daphne.

    The Guardian World News Catherine Shoard 2010

  • This bacterial strain thrives in salty or cold environments where prissier pests might perish: cold cuts, smoked salmon, soft cheeses and many a refrigerator.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • This bacterial strain thrives in salty or cold environments where prissier pests might perish: cold cuts, smoked salmon, soft cheeses and many a refrigerator.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • And, most days, Frasier's psychiatrist brother Niles: younger, prissier - and instantly infatuated with Daphne.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Catherine Shoard 2010

  • The Conservatives, who were prissier, wore blue handkerchiefs.

    unknown title 2009

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