Affectedly dainty or refined.
1 He saw Mzu, her small figure unmistakable in its prim business suit.
2 The papers extended across the hall and into a prim , fleckless parlor.
3 The house does not look so prim as it used to do.
4 The small, prim , stylish mother looked quite regal in her aristocratic rage.
5 There was a noticeable stiffening of the prim figure of Mrs. Gaston.
6 A thirtysomething couple arrive, looking prim and professional and only faintly tipsy.
7 She was lovely to look at, but in a way half prim .
8 It had sounded so natural, not prim , not coy, and typically Rhineland.
9 It could be called neither neat nor prim , but it was voluptuous.
10 His round, fresh-coloured face maintained its habitual expression of rather prim gravity.
11 Her prim boast and pride was that she was a strict disciplinarian.
12 Desire's eye rested again upon the little girl with the prim mouth.
13 She is getting prim and Bettyish, and needs stirring up a bit.
14 She always seemed so prim and proper, but looks could be deceptive.
15 Her wit, her effervescence, her whimsicalities amused even the prim Miss Frances.
16 These were all children, prim children with tidy hair and solemn faces.
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