preachy
Use Preachy in a sentence
tʃi adjective, preach·i·er, preach·i·est.
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
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preachy (ˈpriːtʃɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , preachier, preachiest | |
| informal inclined to or marked by preaching | |
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Preachy
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
The concepts of time, life cycle, and the environmental impact of land development are central to the story without being preachy.
Having said all this, some of what follows will nevertheless sound preachy, nay offensive to the one-time dissenters.
Advocates for sustainable travel without being preachy and inflexible.
Watershed education should not be preachy, complicated, or depressing.
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