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Prickly
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
Primacy
- noun - the state of being first in importance
Primary
- adjective - (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
- First
- most important element;
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
- of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
- of primary importance
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
Primity
- - Quality of being first; primitiveness.
Privacy
- noun - the condition of being concealed or hidden
- the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Privily
- adverb - confidentially or in secret; "told her friend privily that she was planning to be married"
Probity
- noun - complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles; "in a world where financial probity may not be widespread"; "he enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"