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prim and proper

ADJECTIVE

bluenosed

Synonyms

WEAK

Victorian priggish prim prissy proper prudish puritanical strait-laced

ADJECTIVE

old-maidish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

careful fastidious finical finicking finicky fussbudgety fussy particular precious precise prim

STRONG

choosy critical dainty nice overparticular overscrupulous persnickety picky punctilious scrupulous

WEAK

caviling fault-finding hypercritical prissy proper prudish respectable strait-laced well-mannered

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless easygoing flexible lackadaisical undemanding unfussy

STRONG

lax lenient permissive uncritical

WEAK

imprudent

ADJECTIVE

prissy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

prudish squeamish

WEAK

Victorian epicene fastidious finicky genteel goody-goody goody-two-shoes overnice pansified persnickety picky precious prim puritanical sissified sissy stickling strait-laced stuffy tight-laced

Antonyms

WEAK

informal unconcerned

ADJECTIVE

stuffy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant dreary genteel humorless musty pompous self-important staid stodgy

WEAK

Victorian bloated conventional dull fusty important magisterial narrow-minded priggish prissy prudish puffy puritanical stilted strait-laced uninteresting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adventurous clear willing

WEAK

airy breezy current informal modern new open ventilated

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Ms Boulton said many other airlines were more "prim and proper", but EasyJet "made it more casual".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Early in her career, Swift had a reputation for being prim and proper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Not only are viewers watching boldface names eat, they’re also watching them eat foods that are considered distasteful — which goes against the prim and proper image that celebrities are expected to uphold.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

“I’m trying to dismantle how classical music is just for the elite and you have to be prim and proper to enjoy it,” Kelly says.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

The Wesleys were professional people, prim and proper, but not in a stuck-up way.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

prim and proper

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