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primly
adverb
disapprovinguk /ˈprɪm.li/ us /ˈprɪm.li/
in a very formal and correct way: 一板一眼地;拘谨地;古板地
primly dressed衣着古板
"Certainly not," he replied primly.“当然不是，”他古板地回答道。
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prim
She sat primly at her desk.
His hands were folded primly in his lap.
Taking her seat, she primly crossed her ankles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Narrow-minded
be set in your waysidiom
be wearing blindersidiom
be wearing blinkersidiom
blinker
blinkered
closed-minded
intolerantly
myopia
myopic
myopically
narrow-minded
narrow-mindedly
narrow-mindedness
prissy
provinciality
provincially
prude
prudish
unreconstructed
unthinking
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