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Word entry · 4 letters

prim

Best crossword clue

"Overly proper"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪm/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted imprStarts with PEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Overly proper, neat, or stiff in manners.

Used in a sentence

  • Philemon was in great Surprize,⁠ And hardly could believe his Eyes, Amaz’d to ſee her look ſo prim; And ſhe admir’d as much at him.
  • God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality?
  • And although Paul shares an apartment with his prim wife, aptly named Prudence, they rarely see or speak to each other.

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