primlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈprɪmli/, U.S.

/ˈprɪmli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prim adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < prim adj. + -ly suffix².

In a prim, precise, or neat manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > in affected proper manner

priggishly1721

primly1733

prudishly1742

maiden-auntishly1928

prissily1934

1733 T. Newcomb Manners of Age ii. 41 Pert, and primly dress'd, for half an hour, Each Sunday, she exerts her sovereign power.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. vi. 82 O Jack! how sheepishly then looked, or endeavoured to look, thy friend! how primly Goody Moore! how affectedly Miss Rawlins!

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals 2nd Prol. View her..primly portray'd on emblematic wood!

1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 66 She primly promulgates her opinion that influenza is masculine.

1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 29 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 247 The grounds..had not the appearance of being very primly kept.

1897 Bookman Jan. 122/2 She was not quite so primly decorous as the young persons of her epoch.

1921 H. C. Witwer Rubyiat of Freshman 49 Both sat up stiffly and pulled their skirts down primly, covering their knees with maidenly modesty.

1952 B. Pym Exc. Women iv. 32 ‘Of course not,’ I said, rather primly.

1995 Time 6 June 46/1 She has sat primly in ‘love hotels’ taking notes as informants rattled on about the dotings of a terrorist cell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primly
释义	primlyadv. Brit. /ˈprɪmli/, U.S. /ˈprɪmli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prim adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < prim adj. + -ly suffix². In a prim, precise, or neat manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > in affected proper manner priggishly1721 primly1733 prudishly1742 maiden-auntishly1928 prissily1934 1733 T. Newcomb Manners of Age ii. 41 Pert, and primly dress'd, for half an hour, Each Sunday, she exerts her sovereign power. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. vi. 82 O Jack! how sheepishly then looked, or endeavoured to look, thy friend! how primly Goody Moore! how affectedly Miss Rawlins! 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals 2nd Prol. View her..primly portray'd on emblematic wood! 1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 66 She primly promulgates her opinion that influenza is masculine. 1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 29 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 247 The grounds..had not the appearance of being very primly kept. 1897 Bookman Jan. 122/2 She was not quite so primly decorous as the young persons of her epoch. 1921 H. C. Witwer Rubyiat of Freshman 49 Both sat up stiffly and pulled their skirts down primly, covering their knees with maidenly modesty. 1952 B. Pym Exc. Women iv. 32 ‘Of course not,’ I said, rather primly. 1995 Time 6 June 46/1 She has sat primly in ‘love hotels’ taking notes as informants rattled on about the dotings of a terrorist cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1733
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