Modifies a noun

• lady: Next to Lawyer Potter's, Mrs. Mather, a very precise and prim old lady, carried on business as a hatter.

• man: The short, prim man, in the huge yellow ruff, is Richard Hawkins, the admiral's hereafter famous son.

Modifying Another Word

• very: Very prim, very proper, some say austere.

• rather: Apart from that she's rather prim where it comes to sex.

• so: Benn always looked immaculate, well dressed, so prim and proper.