primly
Adverb
Meaning
In a prim or precise manner.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
properly
pedantically
formally
precisely
daintily
fussily
mincingly
modally
prissily
effeminately
apishly
Antonyms
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the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily
“I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave,” the receptionist said, primly.
“My father has divided his kingdom between the best of his daughters,” said Ray Gun primly.
That was a message to me that black women and (if primly) traditional black noses were beautiful.