Thesaurus / prim
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Each aimed to reform my behavior and return me to my classmates as a prim and proper student.
TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ISN’T ALWAYS THE WAY TO GO, AND I WISH MY PARENTS HAD SEEN THAT EARLIERKENNETH R. ROSENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLike the prim society debutantes at its center, Bridgerton, Netflix’s new, sumptuous historical romance series produced by Shonda Rhimes, has proven to be as controversial as it is popular.
THE DEBATE OVER BRIDGERTON AND RACEAJA ROMANOJANUARY 7, 2021VOXGlenda, who is 68 and has lived at Bronxwood for over seven years, wears square transition lenses and tucks her gray hair into a prim, low bun.
“WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO IS DEAD OR ALIVE”: TRAPPED INSIDE AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY DURING THE PANDEMICBY AVA KOFMANNOVEMBER 30, 2020PROPUBLICAThe music pealed with wonderful sweetness; you could see the prim white heads of the nuns in their gallery.
LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHESWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIn so doing—it was like going suddenly into cold water—I found myself face to face with a prim, little old maid.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERHer mother's cousin stood in the doorway—a prim little old spinster, who had been their guest for several days.
MILDRED'S INHERITANCEANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTONShortly after getting clear of Point Prim, the vessel shipped a sea which broke open the gangways.
HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDDUNCAN CAMPBELLThat would be to make it formal, prim—anything but graceful.
AMATEUR GARDENCRAFTEBEN E. REXFORDAlong the prim box-hedge of Captain Briggss front garden, the village street extended.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDShe was a prim, stiff-looking, elderly woman, who was the useful governess in Mrs. Baker's school.
A FLIGHT WITH THE SWALLOWSEMMA MARSHALLWORDS RELATED TO PRIM
- Victorian
- affected
- artificial
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- bigoted
- conventional
- demure
- fastidious
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- genteel
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- inhibited
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- noncommittal
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- self-contained
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- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- prim
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
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