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Definition of Primly
1. Adverb. In a prissy manner. "The new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily"
Definition of Primly
1. adv. In a prim or precise manner.
Definition of Primly
1. Adverb. In a prim manner ¹
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Definition of Primly
1. in a prim manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primly
Literary usage of Primly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawrie Todd: Or, the Settlers in the Woods by John Galt (1849)
"One of them, Abimelech primly, was much attached to me, and though likely to come
to the inheritance of a large fortune, evinced, up to the very day on ..."
2. British Journal by George Cruikshank (1853)
"And the Misses primly Backboards, they demand only fifty guineas a-year for the
comforts of their elegant establishment for a select number of young ladies ..."
3. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years by Henry Coppڳee (1900)
"primly? Oh! A—yes! That man. Yes! You didn't say I was at home? ... Well, but
this primly— what can he want ? I never spoke to him but once, I think. ..."
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