primly

adv

primly

adv

Etymology From prim + -ly.

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

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