primly

primly

English

Etymology

prim +‎ -ly

Adverb

primly (comparative more primly, superlative most primly)

1. 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