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The meaning of PRIM is stiffly formal and proper : decorous. How to use prim in a sentence.

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PRIM definition: formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat. See examples of prim used in a sentence.

If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.

PRIM meaning: 1. very formal and correct in behaviour and easily shocked by anything rude: 2. very formal and…. Learn more.

1. formally precise or proper; prissy; prudish. 2. stiffly neat. 3. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. 4. to make prim, as in appearance. 5. to draw (one's features) into a prim expression. …

Prim means polite, straight-laced, even twee. Many characters in Jane Austen novels are prim and proper.

Her aunts were very prim and proper. She was primly dressed. She spoke to him primly.

Synonyms for PRIM: tidy, trim, neat, tidied, orderly, kempt, shipshape, smug; Antonyms of PRIM: slovenly, messy, shabby, unkempt, disheveled, untidy, disorderly, disordered