prudish

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Prudish viewers need not apply here, and even if you think that description doesn’t apply to you, the series premiere is designed to test that theory.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2019

Prudish Susan was so overcome by the "beautiful luxury of grief" in telling this hideous tale that she burst into tears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of this kind is a Prudish Character, or excessively reserv'd.

From A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) by Purney, Thomas

Prudish women have to be laughed at, and despotic kings, and parasite lords and bishops.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony