Related Definitions
[adj] exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
[adj] affectedly dainty or refined
[v] dress primly
[v] contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
[v] assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"
Synonyms
dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, priggish, prim out, prim up, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, refined, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, twee, victorian