primly
adv. 循規蹈矩地,整潔地
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.
我們傾向於把維多利亞時代的人想象得非常古板、中規中矩。
...a rather prim British spinster.
一位極為古板的英國老處女
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.
這頂白色的帽子戴在她金色的捲髮上顯得非常雅緻。
1. in a prissy manner;
We sat primly at either end of a long settee.
我們非常拘謹地坐在長椅的兩頭。
She sipped her white wine primly.
她很拘謹地呷了一口白葡萄酒。
He didn't reply, but just smiled primly.
他沒回答, 只是拘謹地笑了笑.
He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.
他穿著整潔的外套,領結緊貼著白色襯衫領口的鈕釦.
The system has been tested completely and basically reaches the demand asked primly.
系統經過充分的測試,基本達到了最初提出的設計要求.