as in properly
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Recent Examples of primly
On Next Generation, the crew members of the Enterprise are all heterosexual and most primly single.
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Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for primly
Adverb
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Gould champions the idea of holding dog owners accountable for properly training and containing their dogs.—
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Downed trees and powerlines stretched across parts of Justice and Hickory Hills along Roberts Avenue, with multiple intersections not working properly because of all the outages.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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The article, decorously, didn’t mention making money.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Even with a decently quick fire, shooting the flaming arrow with the makeshift bow with any aim was tough for former NFL player Wes.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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On the whole, the court performed that function decently.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Primly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primly. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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