| prude | (noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | Synonyms: puritan |
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| prudence | (noun) discretion in practical affairs | - |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, discretion |
| prudent | (adjective) careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment | - |
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| prudential | (adjective) arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters | - |
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| prudently | (adverb) in a prudent manner | Synonyms: providentially |
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| prudery | (noun) excessive or affected modesty | Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudishness |
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| prudish | (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
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| prudishly | (adverb) in a prudish manner | Synonyms: puritanically |
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| prudishness | (noun) excessive or affected modesty | Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudery |
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