She had no prudery in her nature; and she had not been sufficiently in society to acquire it.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Her innate womanliness was ever uppermost, never approaching prudery, but marking unmistakably her speech, gestures and manners.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
He regarded early-Victorian prudery with frank horror, and counted the narrowness of middle-class suburban life as directly traceable to this tainted spring.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer