preachy

And in the words of young people she’s interviewed, “just don’t make it preachy.”

I’ll try to write a song that the world could benefit from hearing, but not make it a preachy song.

The film could easily have been a preachy lecture about the dangers of the internet.

Another security source suggested the UK would not be relevant by taking a "preachy European position, like a teacher in a playground", but could instead pursue "alignment with the Americans for our own hard interests".

Straughan’s writing deftly considers the moral crises we’re steeped in today without feeling preachy, which is a considerable achievement given that a film about faith is the perfect excuse to be sanctimonious.