preachingly

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English

Etymology

From preaching +‎ -ly.

Adverb

preachingly (comparative more preachingly, superlative most preachingly)

  1. In a way that preaches.
    • 1867, Frances Dana Gage, Elsie Magoon:
      the country maiden, who mounts her horse so adroitly, waits on table so sweetly, and talks morality so preachingly?