prissily
In fastidious manner
Prissily describes doing something in an excessively prim, fussy, or fastidious manner.
Someone who prissily arranges their desk or prissily corrects others' grammar displays an overly concerned attitude about propriety or neatness.
She prissily refused to sit on the grass in her new dress.
The adverb carries connotations of being uptight or priggish, often with a suggestion of looking down on less refined behavior.
With excessive concern
- pickyExcessively selective or particular
- choosyOverly particular about preferences
- particularSpecific or fussy
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
squeamish · nitpicky · delicate · exacting · demanding · selective · hard-to-please · quibbling
With excessive moral rigidity
- demurelyIn a reserved manner
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- puritanicallyWith rigid moral strictness
- genteellyIn refined manner
decorously · modestly · coyly · stuffily · starchily · properly · affectedly · squeamishly
With exaggerated importance
- snootilyIn an arrogant manner
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- mincinglyIn a prissy manner
- snobbishlyIn an elitist manner
superciliously · affectedly · preciously · airily · loftily · smugly · self-importantly · pompously
In an official manner
- rigidlyIn an unyielding manner
- stifflyIn inflexible manner
- woodenlyIn an expressionless manner
- awkwardlyIn a clumsy manner
uncomfortably · tensely · reservedly · standoffishly · coolly · distantly · ceremoniously · unbendingly
fussily
With excessive concern
- pickyExcessively selective or particular
- choosyOverly particular about preferences
- particularSpecific or fussy
dainty · squeamish · nitpicky · delicate · exacting · demanding · selective · hard-to-please · quibbling · precious
prudishly
With excessive moral rigidity
- demurelyIn a reserved manner
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- puritanicallyWith rigid moral strictness
genteelly · decorously · modestly · coyly · stuffily · starchily · properly · affectedly · squeamishly · priggishly
pretentiously
With exaggerated importance
snobbishly · superciliously · affectedly · preciously · airily · loftily · smugly · self-importantly · pompously · mannered
formally
In an official manner
awkwardly · uncomfortably · tensely · reservedly · standoffishly · coolly · distantly · ceremoniously · unbendingly
prissilycasually
In an informal way
loosely · informally · sloppily · relaxedly · carelessly
prissilybroad-mindedly
With receptive, unprejudiced attitude
open-mindedly · tolerantly · liberally · permissively · indulgently