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primly

[ UK /pɹˈɪmli/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɪmɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. 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.
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