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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

primly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English prim Middle English -ly English -ly English primly From prim + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a prim manner.
    • She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […] 1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister:

Forms

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most primly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more primly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

precisely (in a prim manner) · properly (in a prim manner)

Translations (1)

es mojigatamente (in a prudish manner)