adjective (disapproving)
1 (of a person) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude:
You can't tell her that joke-she's much too prim and proper.
2 formal and neat:
a prim suit with a high-necked collar
primly adverb:
'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for prim is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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