PRIMLY Definition & Meaning

primly

[ prim-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a proper, neat, precise, or fastidious way:
Today I stand in my navy blue uniform, my feet primly encased in black boots laced neatly over wool socks.
As we left the restaurant I noticed that most of the other diners were eating their shrimp with knives and forks, primly dissecting each one.
(especially of a woman or girl) in a way that is excessively demure or modest:
Justin and I sat, and she sat across from us, primly holding her knees together and folding her hands on top of them.

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Origin of primly¹

prim ¹( def ) + -ly

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This was no primly patterned minuet, where dancers stood side by side, attention directed to precisely mapping elaborate steps.

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The treatment of Indian schoolchildren “is a constant source of trouble,” The Times said primly.

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Remember the kid who sat next to you in math class and primly guarded his test paper from cheating eyes with a bent elbow?

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Behind him, a primly dressed elderly lady stands at the bus stop and regards him disapprovingly.

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Gloor could be threatening, too, shaking his fist in Boujasson’s face and calling him a “robber” and, a newspaper primly noted, a “d—d French scoundrel.”

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