primmer; primmest
primly
adverb
primness
noun
primmed; primming
1
: to give a prim or demure expression to
primming her thin lips after every mouthful—
John Buchan
John Buchan2
: to dress primly
Examples of prim in a Sentence
Adjective
He has prim views on religion.
Her aunts were very prim and proper.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The people who insist on making sense speak in small, prim voices, trusting their listeners to understand subtleties of tone.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
So the email contained a simple question: Was William a distant relative of Hester Leggatt, a prim secretary who appears in the musical and played a key role in the plot?
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Sure, Wimbledon is the Major most associated with prim and proper antiquated rituals.
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Adjective
Goygol includes 65,000 residents, prim parks, tall pines and occasional Tyrolean architecture.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The people who insist on making sense speak in small, prim voices, trusting their listeners to understand subtleties of tone.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
So the email contained a simple question: Was William a distant relative of Hester Leggatt, a prim secretary who appears in the musical and played a key role in the plot?
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Sure, Wimbledon is the Major most associated with prim and proper antiquated rituals.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for prim
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“Prim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prim. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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