primly
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The buxom stall-owner lifts a furry, giant hare, its dead eyes glazed, as a primly dressed female customer offers coins in payment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Behind him, a primly dressed elderly lady stands at the bus stop and regards him disapprovingly.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
"Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" takes it one primly heeled step further: there's no electricity in the house.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
The line of cases that led to Roe, and led from it to other rights, is “inapposite,” Alito wrote primly.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
They were all sitting there primly dressed in their spring Sunday best.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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