prim
adjective
formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
primmest
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superlativeof prim.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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And even the primmest of towns will have their mischief-makers.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Into an elegant manse atop the white cliffs of England's south coast ventures Deborah Kerr, beautifully coiffed and dressed for a royal weekend, doing her primmest impersonation of a gentlewoman fallen upon difficult days.
From Time Magazine Archive
He gave her the flower—she gave him a kiss— His suit she had long been scorning; But you never can tell what the primmest miss Will do of a bright spring morning.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Jean Blewett
She was a comely, motherly woman, dressed in the primmest fashion in vogue twenty years before, in England, among the class to which she belonged.
From Curious, if True Strange Tales by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
She flushed angrily, and her reply was in her primmest voice.
From The Children of Wilton Chase by L. T. Meade
