primly

1. 1.

   in a prissy manner

   “the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily”

   Synonymsprissily

Questions about primly

What does primly mean?

primly means "in a prissy manner".

How many syllables are in primly?

primly has 2 syllables: prim-ly. The stress falls on "prim". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɪmli/.

What is another word for primly?

Close synonyms include prissily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is primly a common word?

primly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.