primly

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From 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 […]

Synonyms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=primly&oldid=81189196"