PRIMLY Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

primly

adverb

Definition of primly

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. — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025

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In one scene, a padlock appears to lock without a key or even being properly closed.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
For this leaner, meaner Deafheaven, stylistic variety takes a backseat to speed and chaos, and when properly executed, subtle melodic or rhythmic tweaks wield the heft of the more tectonic transitions in the band’s defining songs.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of properly

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But there’s so much decorously, Homerically faithful story swirling around these two figures, glimpsed mostly in passing—and so many men around them, doing seriously manly stuff—that neither role registers.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2026
The article, decorously, didn’t mention making money.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of decorously

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Aledo played decently against the run, but allowed three long touchdown runs of 77, 55 and 33 yards against Martin with the other 25 rushing attempts netting zero yards.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
The kitchen and bathroom are decently renovated, if monochromatic and unexciting.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026

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