primly

English

Etymology

prim +‎ -ly

Adverb

primly (comparative more primly, superlative most primly)

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

(in a prim manner): precisely, properly

Translations

in a prudish manner

Spanish: mojigatamente f

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