schoolmarmish
/ˈskulˌmɑrmɪʃ/
adjective
- Having the strict, prim, or old-fashioned manner often associated with a traditional female teacher.
- The librarian had a schoolmarmish way of shushing anyone who whispered.
- Her schoolmarmish tone made the students sit up straight immediately.
- He found her schoolmarmish insistence on proper grammar a bit annoying.
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