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Significados de primness en inglés

portugués
pudor
catalán
mauleria

Excessive or affected modesty.

pudor
catalán
pedantisme
español
gazmoñada

Exaggerated and arrogant properness.

gazmoñada
Uso de primness en inglés
1
In the male that same fussiness develops, and a certain primness, too.
Cheerful—By Request
2
Then she said with that forced precision, a sort of conscious primness:
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
3
His primness, if that is the right word, never altogether deserted him.
The Art of Letters
4
Fanny recoiled at the idea with a primness that did credit to Winnebago.
Fanny Herself
5
With a certain old-fashioned primness, they step sedately through the paths of childhood.
Fated to Be Free: A Novel
6
She looked up at him with an air of demure primness.
The Runaway Skyscraper
7
Joan answered his letters with an adorable primness that filled him with delight.
Kenny
8
Her sallow, wrinkled face lightened with curiosity and an absurd primness.
The Thing from the Lake
9
She did not lose her primness, but her suspicion seemed altogether to depart.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
10
She reddened, drew herself up, and then, dropping her primness, rippled with laughter.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
11
She held the pencil with a furious primness, and Constantine was afraid of her.
Flesh and blood
12
In spite of her desolated heart, and of her primness, Rachel stepped forward airily.
The Price of Love
13
A certain primness and asperity did not make him popular.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
14
Prim with an unconquerable primness that neither storm nor battle nor accident could shake.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
15
Who would have dreamed that behind her primness all this frolic lay in ambush?
Lady Baltimore
16
She was in attendance on Mrs. Bonner, Conning said; and the primness of in love.
Evan Harrington — Volume 6
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