Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: The Interpreter does get a bit preachy at times with its ( thinly ) veiled resemblance to current political issues.

Used with adjective complement

• sound: Without trying to sound preachy, the merits of lying are obvious.

• get: The last third is a bit of a disappointment, because it gets preachy, loses its hard edge, and gets soft.

• become: The episode was far from standard West Wing, at times it became preachy.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Luckily the entertaining value of the show prevents it from becoming too preachy.

• never: He is clear, articulate, and never preachy.

• little: Entertaining but not too deep and more than a little preachy.

• so: But others believe that we should not be so preachy and be friends with them and do the long term thing.

• somewhat: And the adults ( and Clark himself ) are somewhat preachy at the end.

Modifies a noun

• book: He rants trying to do the motivational bit and it just sounds like a preachy self help book.

• way: I still get to make my political points but in a more subtle and less preachy way.