primly

primly

English

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English prim
English -ly
English primly

    From prim + -ly.

    Adverb

    primly (comparative more primly, superlative most primly)

    1. In a prim manner.
      • 1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister:
        She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]

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