primly
adv. 循规蹈矩地,整洁地
If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。
...a rather prim British spinster.
一位极为古板的英国老处女
If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible.
On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.
这顶白色的帽子戴在她金色的卷发上显得非常雅致。
1. in a prissy manner;
We sat primly at either end of a long settee.
我们非常拘谨地坐在长椅的两头。
She sipped her white wine primly.
她很拘谨地呷了一口白葡萄酒。
He didn't reply, but just smiled primly.
他没回答, 只是拘谨地笑了笑.
He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.
他穿着整洁的外套,领结紧贴着白色衬衫领口的钮扣.
The system has been tested completely and basically reaches the demand asked primly.
系统经过充分的测试,基本达到了最初提出的设计要求.