Translations for „prissily“ in the English » German Dictionary

pris·si·ly [ˈprɪsɪli] ADV pej

prissily

zickig pej inf

to act prissily

zickig sein

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to act prissily

zickig sein

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Prissily, in the light of what happened later, it added that it had a robust process regarding incoming customer mail.

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And he wields power discreetly, almost prissily, never getting his dhoti dirty.

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He said the inflation rate is around 10 percent (prissily 9.2pc), which would be made the basis for increasing salaries.

nation.com.pk

They are accused of recoiling prissily from our dirty, shouty boys, while endlessly boasting about their own sugar-coated offspring.

www.telegraph.co.uk