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Primness

The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

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Modesty 76% connected

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-asse…

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Properness 76% connected

The quality of being proper.

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Propriety 76% connected

Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

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Prim 74% connected

The privet.

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Prim 74% connected

The privet.

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Prudery 92% connected

The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prim, affected, formality, niceness, preciseness.
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Chilliness noun · 78% connection

Formality; lack of warmth.

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Costiveness noun · 78% connection

Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

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Daintiness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

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Decency noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prim, affected, formality, niceness, preciseness.
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Delicacy adjective · 78% connection

Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

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Dowagerism noun · 78% connection

The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.

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Dry superl. · 78% connection

Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.

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Ease noun · 78% connection

Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; a…

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Easiness noun · 78% connection

Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.

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Easy verb · 78% connection

Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.

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Forbidding adjective · 78% connection

Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding a…

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form noun · 78% connection

Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter o…

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Formal adjective · 78% connection

Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim;…

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Formalities pl. · 78% connection

of Formality

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Formalize verb · 78% connection

To affect formality.

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Inaugurate verb · 78% connection

To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especial…

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Kernig's sign noun · 78% connection

symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

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