preachingly

English

Etymology

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?