primly

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adverb

In a prim manner.

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preciselyproperlyprissily
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Meanings

adverbprimly (comparative more primly, superlative most primly)

comparative more primly · superlative most primly

  1. In a prim manner.

    She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]

    1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister

    Synonyms: precisely, properly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a prim manner.

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preciselyproperly

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a prissy manner

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prissily
Also see
prissily

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From prim + -ly.

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Translations

Spanish mojigatamente
  • mojigatamentein a prudish manner
Cite this entry
APA

primly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primly

MLA

“primly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primly.

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