preachingly
English
Etymology
preaching + -ly
Adverb
preachingly (comparative more preachingly, superlative most preachingly)
- 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?
- 1867, Frances Dana Gage, Elsie Magoon