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as in tidy
being clean and in good order
behind the bed-and-breakfast is a prim little garden where guests are served afternoon tea
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as in Victorian
given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals
a very prim and proper matron was in charge of the girls' dorm
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Recent Examples of prim
Those huge bug-eye shades, for instance, feel way more edgy and downtown compared to her prim-and-proper skirt.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Men were letting their hair grow past their shoulders, women were tying theirs in bandannas, and amid the weed and the cobblestones, the prim full skirts of the 1950s were laughably old hat.
—Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
At Prada and Saint Laurent, models wore prim pumps, mirroring the fashion set’s current obsession with office-ready kitten heels and slingbacks.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Her love of prim pencil skirts and pretty, bright colored blouses continues this season.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Men were letting their hair grow past their shoulders, women were tying theirs in bandannas, and amid the weed and the cobblestones, the prim full skirts of the 1950s were laughably old hat.
—Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
At Prada and Saint Laurent, models wore prim pumps, mirroring the fashion set’s current obsession with office-ready kitten heels and slingbacks.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025
Her love of prim pencil skirts and pretty, bright colored blouses continues this season.
—Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prim
Adjective
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Whether banger or ballad, her tracks make room for characters, settings, twists, a tidy ending, a cliff-hanger.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The interior is charming, too, with low bucket seats, tidy vinyl trim called Vynide, and a flat windshield in the spirit of prewar sports cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Sherlock Holmes series adds a touch of Victorian charm with rich wood paneling, brass accents, and cozy reading nooks perfect for sleuthing through your own novels.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Aug. 2025
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In the 2001 episode shot above Times Square, the poet Michael Stipe sits regal in a Victorian skirt and peppers Automatic for the People and Reveal songs with a rant about George Bush’s nuclear energy policy.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
22 Aug. 2025
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The standard trim, layer, and fine-tune features are all here, plus elements like automatic captions, text, 4K HDR, and more.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cut to the ubiquitous trim, tight, cropped pants that have dominated the men’s market for years now.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Shiite Iran feared the regional ascendance of Sunni radicalism in the form of the puritanical Taliban, an ambitious al-Qaeda, and other militant factions, as well as further instability on its eastern border—Iran was then, and remains now, home to many Afghan refugees.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, one of the reasons some men left the League was their perception that the institution treated women too preciously and that the school administration labored to cultivate a puritanical atmosphere in a place that was by nature loose and raucous.—
Anne Halsey,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The traditional ignition on the steering wheel’s left is replaced by a start/stop button — a neat updating of Porsche’s legacy.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The inclusion on one concourse wall of the poem ‘Goodison is forever’ that PJ Smith recited at the old ground’s final act as the home of the men’s team in May is another neat touch.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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But the selling was orderly and a two-day breach of the 50-day moving average turned out to have been a false breakdown, quickly overcome by the bulls.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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An orderly walked past the room where my psychiatrist and I were sitting, and then walked past again.—
Miriam Toews
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Prim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prim. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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