primly

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Etymology[edit]

prim +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

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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