English to Latvian Meaning of prim - sakniebt


Prim :
sakniebt

uzkopt, neaptraipīts, sakniebt, sanitārs, pa labi, pareizs, noteikts, formāls, labi audzināts, egle, moderns, bremzēt, pērt, pedantisks

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Definitions of prim in English
Verb(1) assume a prim appearance(2) contract one's lips(3) dress primly
Adjective(1) affectedly dainty or refined(2) exaggeratedly proper
Examples of prim in English
(1) To meet, she's pleasant, if a little prim , with body language that suggests her guard is up.(2) She was a schoolteacher of English in Mississippi and presents herself as very prim , proper, and prudent.(3) At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed.(4) There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool.(5) The second was an elderly lady, prim and proper in her Victorian dress.(6) She was even prim and proper during the bloopers at the end of her show.(7) Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands.(8) Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor.(9) Like all such movies, the people are prim and proper on the surface; they all dress neatly and everyone walks around with unspoken emotions waiting to bubble forth to the surface.(10) She had the look of a prim and proper lady of the Victorian times, with her well tended hair, all neatly tied in a bun, and simple, ankle length dress.(11) Being a prim and proper spinster, Jane Austen did not use the family scandal in any of her novels.(12) She was prim and proper, neat and tidy, and very strict.(13) The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns.(14) Thus is the tone set early on, and it's decidedly at odds with our notions today of the prim and proper Victorians.(15) She is from the 1960's, but extremely prim and proper, a very quiet, moral woman.(16) Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose.
Related Phrases of prim
(1) prim and proper ::
sakniebt un pareizu
Synonyms
Adjective
1. demure ::
atturīgs
2. mincing ::
atkaulošana, kapāšana
3. prudish ::
klīrīgs
Different Forms
prim, primly, primness
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