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Meanings of prim in English

Exaggeratedly proper.

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      Affectedly dainty or refined.

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            Examples for "dainty"
            Examples for "dainty"
            1
            Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
            French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
            2
            And a jade platter of dainty food calls for a million coins.
            Throne of Jade
            3
            It ripples in dainty dance, or tumbles down in cascades of joy.
            Spirit and Music
            4
            In the open doorway she shone, looking the smallest of dainty things.
            The Research Magnificent
            5
            He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
            The Jungle Girl
            1
            The problem was, he'd never managed to master the perfect, mincing walk.
            Ruthless
            2
            Beside the Bishop rode the Prior of Emmet upon a mincing palfrey.
            The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
            3
            One officer superintended the mincing, another exercised a general supervision over all.
            The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
            4
            He spoke with the clipped, mincing utterance of the typical Prussian officer.
            The Man with the Clubfoot
            5
            There was a doubting, almost a resentful, tone in the mincing voice.
            What Timmy Did
            1
            Some of the shops were just a bit twee, I must admit.
            The Lost Continent
            2
            Think of it as positivity without the twee platitudes and motivational quotes.
            News.com.au
            3
            Auckland's queen bees of twee-pop haven't played much around these parts lately.
            Radio NZ
            4
            There was always this air of twee artifice pushing in on everything.
            The Lost Continent
            5
            With the twee, self-congratulatory filters it looked -well, twee and self-congratulatory
            Wired
            1
            You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
            The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
            2
            "Rawchester!" exclaimed Lady Montfort, "what, 'Niminy-Piminy'?"
            Endymion
            3
            "I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
            Little Women

            Dress primly.

                  Usage of prim in English
                  1
                  He saw Mzu, her small figure unmistakable in its prim business suit.
                  The Neutronium Alchemist
                  2
                  The papers extended across the hall and into a prim, fleckless parlor.
                  Anne of Avonlea
                  3
                  The house does not look so prim as it used to do.
                  The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
                  4
                  The small, prim, stylish mother looked quite regal in her aristocratic rage.
                  The Mystery of Mary
                  5
                  There was a noticeable stiffening of the prim figure of Mrs. Gaston.
                  The Prince of Graustark
                  6
                  A thirtysomething couple arrive, looking prim and professional and only faintly tipsy.
                  The Guardian
                  7
                  She was lovely to look at, but in a way half prim.
                  Children of the Market Place
                  8
                  It had sounded so natural, not prim, not coy, and typically Rhineland.
                  The Clown
                  9
                  It could be called neither neat nor prim, but it was voluptuous.
                  The Pretty Lady
                  10
                  His round, fresh-coloured face maintained its habitual expression of rather prim gravity.
                  The Ffolliots of Redmarley
                  11
                  Her prim boast and pride was that she was a strict disciplinarian.
                  Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
                  12
                  Desire's eye rested again upon the little girl with the prim mouth.
                  The Window-Gazer
                  13
                  She is getting prim and Bettyish, and needs stirring up a bit.
                  Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
                  14
                  She always seemed so prim and proper, but looks could be deceptive.
                  New york: the novel
                  15
                  Her wit, her effervescence, her whimsicalities amused even the prim Miss Frances.
                  The Drums of Jeopardy
                  16
                  These were all children, prim children with tidy hair and solemn faces.
                  The Happy Adventurers
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