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primly

primly adverb: in a prim manner.

Adverb

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 of primly

Forms of primly

comparativemore primly
superlativemost primly

Origin of primly

From prim + -ly.

Questions about primly

What does primly mean?
Primly means in a prim manner.
What part of speech is primly?
Primly is an adverb.

Words near primly in the dictionary

  1. primitivized
  2. primitivizes
  3. primitivizing
  4. primitivo
  5. primity
  6. primly
  7. Primm
  8. primmed
  9. primmer
  10. primmers
  11. primmest

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