Prim and Smart

Prim

Prim adjective - Being clean and in good order.
Usage example: behind the bed-and-breakfast is a prim little garden where guests are served afternoon tea

Smart and prim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead an adjective "Prim".

Nearby Words: prime, primary, primal, primped, primness

Smart

Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.

Prim and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prim" instead an adjective "Smart".

Nearby Words: smarten, smartness, smartly

Both words in one sentence

  • Odd Friendship A prim and proper book-smart princess with little worldly experience, and an aggressive mage who's big on getting stuff done on her own when no one can help.
  • Liquid Courage The Smart Guy Matthew Berdishevsky in Pelagia and the Red Rooster (spin-off of the Erast Fandorin) is usually prim and proper to a fault, but when The Power of Love hits him, he starts drinking and suddenly goes all James Bond on the baddies.
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