primmest
- superlative of prim.
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
"Will you two please listen to reason?" queried Betty, in her primmest tones.
From The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers by Hope, Laura Lee
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 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
But these things had been there in the reign of Mr. Meredith's predecessor, when the manse had been the primmest, neatest, and dreariest house in the Glen.
From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
