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PREACHY (preachier, preachiest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preachy mean?
• PREACHY (adjective)
The adjective PREACHY has 1 sense:
1. inclined to or marked by tedious moralization
Familiarity information: PREACHY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Declension: comparative and superlative |
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inclined to or marked by tedious moralization
Similar:
informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
Context examples
"Tell another story, Mother, one with a moral to it, like this. I like to think about them afterward, if they are real and not too preachy," said Jo, after a minute's silence.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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