pecksniffian
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3ADJ.
wide
PECKSNIFFIAN + NOUN
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ADV.
somewhat
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Pecksniffian.
adj
Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
We have in this Motion drawn in very wide if somewhat Pecksniffian terms a range of subjects which would allow one to talk about almost any social or economic question.
He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound insufferably Pecksniffian.
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2We have in this Motion drawn in very wide if somewhat Pecksniffian terms a range of subjects which would allow one to talk about almost any social or economic question.
WiktionaryHe has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures c
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