- ... and preen - Dress finely - Fuss over appearance, being prim and proper at first - Preen - Tart oneself up - To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with
up.
- Lavish dance - Methodical, precise - Prim or stiff - See Methylal. - Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance,
or organization of a thing. - Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished
from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what
it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms,
so called, of the human intellect. - Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular
method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his
formal consent.