[
UK
/pɹˈɪmli/
]
[ US /ˈpɹɪmɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɪmɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in a prissy manner
the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily
How To Use primly In A Sentence
- At first she is always the composed professional, primly sipping her pre-prandial glass of Chardonnay. LOVE YOU MADLY
- Eventually we all retired and Sue set herself very primly into one of the twin beds in our dormered room. GOTHIC PURSUIT
- sitting primly with uncrossed legs
- There is a primly-dressed 44-year-old female nurse whose unclad abdomen reveals a bizarre array of tattoos.
- You say that to shock and scandalize ," said Nessarose primly. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
- She sat down on the hardest chair in her living room and primly crossed her legs, keeping her expression warm but closed. Game For Anything
- His massive forequarters, hind legs, miniature hooves, and primly uplifted tail might easily have been devised by Fritz Freleng for Warner Brothers. Archive 2009-04-01
- I answer politely and sit primly down onto the facing armchair.
- At grown-up dinner parties, my mother favoured crown of lamb, the cutlets primly decorated with little paper coronets.
- He didn't reply, but just smiled primly.