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Primly

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Adverb

1. primly, prissily

in a prissy manner

Example Sentences:
'the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Primly

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adjectiveWord forms: primmer or primmest
1. 
affectedly proper, precise, or formal
verbWord forms: prims, primming or primmed
2. (transitive)
to make prim
3. 
to purse (the mouth) primly or (of the mouth) to be so pursed

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Primly

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈprimmer or ˈprimmest
1. 
stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.; proper; demure
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: primmed or ˈprimming
2. 
to assume a prim expression on (one's face or mouth)
1. 
primary
2. 
primitive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Primly

see synonyms of primly
adj. prim·mer, prim·mest
1.
a. Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
b. Strait-laced; prudish.
2. Neat and trim: a prim hedgerow.
v. primmed, prim·ming, prims
v.tr.
1. To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
2. To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
v.intr.
To assume a prim expression.

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