prudishly
adverb disapproving uk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/ us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ.li/
（对性问题）大惊小怪地，迂腐守旧地，伪善地
in a way that shows you are easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex
Victorian writers prudishly avoided this subject. 维多利亚时代的作家基于对性问题的审慎，避开了这个话题。
See: prude
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- Everyone is still having affairs but we seem less prudishly shocked by them.
- "Oh no wine, you need a clear head," she tells me prudishly.
- The show is prudishly conventional compared to the experimental nature of his past work.
- It is said that the Victorians prudishly covered table legs to avoid causing offence.