| I think it would be bootless, and, moreover — this is going to sound priggish, but I believe it — inappropriate. |
| He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life. |
| Don't tell me Carmichael's case is much more serious, that's priggish and predictable. |
| And to be priggish about the sunglasses that people buy is out of touch with how people live their lives. |
| That said, the text is often intractable or so annoyingly assertive as to appear priggish. |
| As a prodigal, Tom is forever annoying Sid, his priggish, elder half brother. |
