Primpily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a primpy manner

    ""The day after the funeral the primpily attired eldest son, who had authorized access, went to the bank, emptied the contents of the safety deposit box into a Mark Cross shopping bag, and proceeded directly to Townsend's.""

Example

More examples

""The day after the funeral the primpily attired eldest son, who had authorized access, went to the bank, emptied the contents of the safety deposit box into a Mark Cross shopping bag, and proceeded directly to Townsend's.""

Etymology

From primpy + -ly.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.