Nice-nelly
Nice-nelly adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: the novel's wildly off base portrayal of 18th-century aristocrats as nice-nelly exemplars of decorum
Priggish and nice-nelly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Priggish" instead an adjective phrase "Nice-nelly".
Priggish
Priggish adjective - Exaggeratedly proper.
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Nice-nelly and priggish are semantically related. You can use "Nice-nelly" instead an adjective "Priggish".
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