Prim and Smug

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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

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Smug is a synonym for prim. In some cases you can use "Smug" instead the word "Prim" as an adjective or a noun.

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

Smug adjective - Being clean and in good order.

Usage example: the suburb's smug lawns and tree-lined streets bespeak a comfortable affluence

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Prim is a synonym for smug. You can use "Prim" instead the word "Smug" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: smugness, smugly

In Going Postal, after Moist von Lipwig goes on a screaming tirade about Reacher Gilt's smug, weasely speech in the Ankh-Morpork Times, the ultra-prim Miss Maccalariat admonishes him to avoid using the K-word, the L-word, the T-word, the V-word, the Y-word, and both of the S-words in the future.

Source: T-Word Euphemism

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