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
Prudish and nice-nelly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prudish" instead an adjective phrase "Nice-nelly".
Prudish
Prudish adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous
Nice-nelly and prudish are semantically related. You can use "Nice-nelly" instead an adjective "Prudish".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- refined and nice-nelly
- refined and prudish
- proper and nice-nelly
- proper and prudish
- priggish and nice-nelly
- priggish and prudish
- stuffy and nice-nelly
- stuffy and prudish
- puritanical and nice-nelly
- puritanical and prudish
- decent and nice-nelly
- decent and prudish
- virtuous and nice-nelly
- virtuous and prudish
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