primly
Example Sentences
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The buxom stall-owner lifts a furry, giant hare, its dead eyes glazed, as a primly dressed female customer offers coins in payment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It’s the comedy of a primly composed mean-girl android turning into The Terminator.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
"Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" takes it one primly heeled step further: there's no electricity in the house.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
The line of cases that led to Roe, and led from it to other rights, is “inapposite,” Alito wrote primly.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
She is sitting primly at her dressing table, clad all in brown and gold.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
