Another word for prim
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Adjective
Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form
- Of, relating to, or belonging to the period of the reign of Queen Victoria:
- Relating to or displaying the standards or ideals of morality regarded as characteristic of the time of Queen Victoria:
- Being in the highly ornamented, massive style of architecture, decor, and furnishings popular in 19th-century England.
- Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
- Having the respiratory passages blocked:
- Dull and boring:
- Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions.
- Having or wearing a tightly laced garment.
- Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.
- Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.
- Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
- Called for by rules or conventions; correct:
- Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
- Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.
- Like a prig.
- Clearly expressed or delineated; definite:
- Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
- Strictly distinguished from others; very:
- Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Refined or polite, often in an affected way:
- Typical or characteristic of the upper class:
- Elegantly stylish or fashionable:
- Alternative spelling of blue-nosed.
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Another word for prim
Modifier
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- To tap gently with the open hand or with something flat.
- To stroke lightly as a gesture of affection.
- To mold by tapping gently with the hands or a flat implement.
- Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having flattened or four-angled needlelike leaves, a conic shape, pendulous cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.
- Any of various similar or related trees.
- The wood of any of these trees.
- To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
- To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
- To remove (excess or unwanted parts):
- In a clean manner.
- Habitually and carefully neat and clean.
- Orderly and clean in appearance:
- Given to keeping things clean and in order:
- Adequate; satisfactory:
- Free from disorder; neat or well-arranged:
- Having a systematic arrangement:
- Given to keeping things neat or well-arranged:
- Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
- Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
- Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
- Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper:
- Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
- Characterized by or suggestive of reserve or modesty:
- Clearly expressed or delineated; definite:
- Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
- Strictly distinguished from others; very:
- Relating to or involving outward form or structure, often in contrast to content or meaning.
- Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
- Following or being in accord with accepted or prescribed forms, conventions, or regulations:
- Difficult to bend or fold:
- Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant:
- Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber:
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