- 1(of a person) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is offensive You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper.
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- 2formal and neat synonym demure a prim suit with a high-necked collar
adverb “You're not supposed to say that,” she said primly.See prim in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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