Definition of "primly" [prim•ly]

• In a prim manner (adverb)

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• "Monsieur Papin hears of it and invites some one else to teach me not to be so sure, or, "primly," I have given him undue encouragement. ""
• "At each stop, I peer down at the people walking along the cobblestone sidewalks: young mothers pushing bundled-up babies in prams; old women wearing small flowered hats pinned primly to their hair; groups of teenage boys, their legs lost in the billowing fabric of their trousers, hurtling their way toward the bus."
• "From there, the British-built portion of the city extended primly inland, along a handful of long avenues."