as in overmodest
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Adjective
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The Comstock Act is a relic, not just of a more prudish era in American history, but of an age when the sort of individual rights that modern Americans take for granted effectively did not exist.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
27 May 2024 -
Emily, perhaps true to her prudish Adderall-y millennial type, is not especially flirty.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Who can forget the sparkling black halterneck dress worn by Isabella Rossellini’s femme fatale lounge singer in Blue Velvet, or the prim cardigans worn by Naomi Watts in Muholland Drive as Betty, a wide-eyed, small-town girl arriving in Los Angeles for the first time?—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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One sketch, vetoed by the network, had Tomlin playing a prim mother, Mrs. Beasley, calling her son in from the back yard, which was actually a war zone, ablaze with exploding mortar shells.—
Susan Morrison,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But online Becca is different, more free and flirtatious.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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The creators broke down how Lively appeared to initiate intimacy with Baldoni by pulling him in for kisses while appearing comfortable, content and perhaps even a little flirtatious during private conversations while filming.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Governessy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governessy. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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