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# prim

«prim» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (prim, primmer, primmest)

### meaning for a pupil

Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prim/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a person who sits stiffly, is too proper, or looks down on rough or silly behaviour

### examples

- She sat prim and straight with her hands in her lap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prim/#x1)
- "Don't be so prim," laughed the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prim/#x2)
- The prim old lady frowned at the muddy children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prim/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prim» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prim/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.