adj. Function: adjective
1 excessively concerned with what one regards as proper or right FF1C; a prim woman, easily shocked by vulgar language FF1E;
Synonyms: bluenosed, genteel, missish, precise, prig, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy, tight-laced, Victorian; compare GENTEEL 3
Related Words: correct, nice, precise; decorous; rigid, stiff, wooden; ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, straight
Idioms: prim and proper
Contrasted Words: lax, loose, slack; easy, easygoing, free
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Synonyms: NEAT 2, chipper, orderly, shipshape, snug, spick-and-span, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed