formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.

to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.

to make prim, as in appearance.

to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.

adjective

informal , rumpled

adjective

blue-nose , ceremonial , ceremonious , choosy , cleanly , conventional , correct , dapper * , decorous , demure , fastidious , formal , genteel , good , goody-goody * , nice , nit-picking , orderly , overmodest , polite , precise , priggish , prissy , proper , prudish , puritanical , rigid , shipshape * , spic-and-span * , spruce , stickling , stiff , straight , strait-laced , stuffy * , tidy , uncluttered , upright , victorian , well-groomed , wooden * , bluenosed , old-maidish , stuffy , affected , finicky , mincing , neat , particular , sedate , shipshape , snug , staid , straitlaced , trim , wooden