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PRIMLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primly mean?
• PRIMLY (adverb)
The adverb PRIMLY has 1 sense:
1. in a prissy manner
Familiarity information: PRIMLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a prissy manner
Synonyms:
primly; prissily
Context example:
the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily
Pertainym:
prim (exaggeratedly proper)
Context examples
"There are many lines that could be spared from the book you were reading," she said, her voice primly firm and dogmatic.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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