prim¹ /prim/

1. Rigidly punctilious and precise
2. Stiffly formal
3. Over-demure
4. Prudishly disapproving

1. To deck or dress with great nicety
2. To set (the face) or purse (the lips, mouth) in a prim expression
3. To neaten

1. To look prim
2. To prim the mouth

primˈly adverb

primˈness noun

• contempering
• contempers
• contemplable
• contemplant
• contemplants
• contemplate
• contemplated
• contemplate one's navel
• contemplates
• contemplating
• contemplation
• contemplations
• contemplatist
• contemplatists
• contemplative
• contemplative life
• contemplatively
• contemplativeness
• contemplatives
• contemplator
• contemplators
• contemporanean
• contemporaneans
• contemporaneities
• contemporaneity