primly
With stiff propriety
Primly describes doing something in a stiff, formal, or excessively proper manner: She sat primly with her hands folded in her lap.
The word suggests careful attention to propriety, sometimes to the point of seeming uptight or disapproving: He primly refused the drink.
Modestly reserved in manner
- decorousSocially appropriate, dignified
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
- modestLacking in pretension
- seemlyConforming to propriety
prudish · puritanical · strait-laced · buttoned-up · conservative · conventional · ladylike · respectable
Unable to bend
- starchedMade stiff with sizing
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- uptightAnxiously rigid in manner
- tenseStrained or nervous
wooden · stilted · uncomfortable · awkward · self-conscious · posed · unnatural · affected
Exactly correct, no error
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
- neatOrderly, or undiluted
- tidyFree from clutter
fussy · particular · finicky · exacting · careful · orderly · dainty · delicate
Held under control
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- guardedWary and restrained
- discreetCareful to avoid notice
- coolCalm or fashionable
distant · standoffish · disapproving · haughty · sniffing · disdainful · superior · judgmental
demure
Modestly reserved in manner
- decorousSocially appropriate, dignified
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
- modestLacking in pretension
seemly · prudish · puritanical · strait-laced · buttoned-up · conservative · conventional · ladylike · respectable · dignified
rigid
Unable to bend
tense · wooden · stilted · uncomfortable · awkward · self-conscious · posed · unnatural · affected · constrained
precise
Exactly correct, no error
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
- neatOrderly, or undiluted
tidy · fussy · particular · finicky · exacting · careful · orderly · dainty · delicate · measured
restrained
Held under control
cool · distant · standoffish · disapproving · haughty · sniffing · disdainful · superior · judgmental · censorious
primlyuninhibitedly
Without self-imposed limits
loosely · casually · informally · brashly · wildly
primlymessily
In disorderly manner
sloppily · carelessly · slovenly · loosely · haphazardly
primlyuninhibitedly
Without self-imposed limits
freely · wildly · exuberantly · boisterously · raucously
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
- primary colorsUnmixable base pigments
- primary schoolEarly childhood education institution
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- prime ribBone-in beef roast
- prime suspectMost probable perpetrator
prime, primary, primitive, primer, prim, primeval, primness, primitively, primitivism