The Queen deigned to say a few special words to this shy debutante and to her mother, both primly clad in badly-fitting gowns which proclaimed the country dressmaker, but in their simplicity and gaucherie peculiarly pleasing to Her Majesty.
The sober, almost conventual gray of her gown, the primly folded kerchief at her throat, the billows of lace around the graceful arm formed an exquisite note of tender colour against that glaring geranium red.
She shone for an instant--a charming vision--out of the shadow of the choir stairs, and then glided primly into the street.
Then she picked up the tray, and, pushing the small table into its accustomed place with a deft twist of the foot, she sailed erect and prim out of the room, and the door primly clicked on her neat-girded waist and flying white ribbons.
He was rather primly dressed, and everything about him gave a sense of careful and virtuous economy, from the uncompromising hardness of his heavy grey suit to the emphatic solidity of his great boots.
Directly her primly erect head turned slightly, and her eyes which always seemed looking for something substantial--no dream stuff for her--widened with satisfaction and she put her hand up to her collar to see if the breastpin was in place.
When at last she had gone, primly grateful for the scrap of comfort, Corinna stood for a minute with her eyes on the sunbeams at the window.
With his mind obviously distracted he told several anecdotes of dubious wit; and while he related them Miss Spencer sat primly silent with her gaze on her plate.
It was an act of defiance, but comfortable nevertheless, to collect the cushions which had been dotted primly about in clean muslin covers, and to pile them all on to the sofa before the fire.
Her eyes are large and gray, and set somewhat far apart; her hair is worn in a fringe so demure and smooth, so primly curled, that it has the appearance of plainly-brushed hair.
On the edge of the iron sink primlywashed and spread out to dry, was a tattered old rag.
Thus her tired brain, like a squirrel in a revolving cage, while she sat primly and scraped at a clot of rust on a tin plate and watched him put on the bacon and eggs.
Having finished the book, she held it primly in her lap, tapping impatiently on it with her fingers.
She hoisted the bag--standing on her tip toes--to the rack above and settled into the seat, primly rearranging her dress.
And she went primly to her desk, and began to write (on private notepaper) in that imperious large hand of hers that was so different from Constance's.
See Sophia sitting primly there by the table, a woman approaching sixty, with immense experience written on the fine hardness of her worn and distinguished face!
Long gray shawls were folded over their hands clasped primlyin front of them.
Jane was willing to admit that the neat, serge suits would be much more comfortable than the primly starched outfits they had been accustomed to wearing.
Louis had a very distinct vision of his Rachel's agreeably gloved fingers primly unfastening the purse and choosing a shilling from it.
For Mary was a carefully trained (not to say primly brought up) little maiden of the seventeenth century, when children followed their elders' injunctions in all things, without daring to dwell on their own wishes.
In February, the first gummy stars of the celandine are to be seen peeping out from under the hedge, while a demure little procession of white and green snowdrops walks primly up the narrow path to Meeting.
She had a dejected yet somewhat ruddy face; her hair was streaked with white, but primly disposed over her ears like lappets, and her garb was cleanly but sombre.
Oh, yes," she exclaimed, as she held up a small, rather indistinct daguerreotype of herself and Ellen with their arms fixed primly around each other.
Dian walked very primly down the midnight streets with her young husband, refusing to allow him to attempt to put his arm about her waist.
Clara, in a lilac frock, was sitting primly on one of the wooden chairs with which the platform was furnished.
Clara gave a stiff little curtsey and held up her cheek primly to be kissed.
Mrs. Hanson sat upright on her stiff old chair, her hands were folded primly on her narrow lap, her eyes were fixed in an unwavering stare on the closed door.
Primly and stiffly she sat and mumbled the bacon between her hard gums, but she was not thinking of the carnal pleasure of feasting, her thoughts were of Abram Lestwick.
Very stern and unrelenting she looked sitting primlybolt upright, her hands resting on the book and her spectacles adjusted on the end of her long and pointed nose.
As she spoke a large form appeared in the back doorway of Miss Frenzy's shop and a primly dressed woman entered the garden.
White curtains, carefully tied back, seemed to wait primly for the moment when they also would be called to impress themselves upon any one who should be so bold as to try to win their immaculate favor.
And with this cryptic utterance the little lady, having come to the end of her strength, primly fainted.
He stood the cane in a corner, changed his sober street coat for a more sober office jacket, adjusted a green eyeshade below his primly brushed grayish hair, unostentatiously sat down at the copy desk, and unobtrusively opened a drawer.
My niece, Miss Henrietta Pringle, of Flatbush," said Miss Pringle, primly presenting her prim relation.
I loved to see the ladies stepping primlydown the garden path in their best gowns, between the stiff borders of box and privet, stopping to admire mother's hollyhocks or laburnum bushes.
Involuntarily on her arrival the girls stopped lolling in their chairs, and sat up straight, with their hands folded primly in their laps.
Next day along the garden path, Just as the sun went down, A score of ladies primly walked, Each in her Sabbath gown.
Aggie came back, putting on her gloves, and cocking her small head very primly under the enormous hat that was garnished with costliest plumes.
She seated herself again, quite primly now, and moved her hands over the tabouret appropriately to her words.
He had known that the girl of the shore could be no commonplace, primly nurtured young woman.
But then, he had never seen her except in a sunbonnet or with her hair combed primly back.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "primly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
