The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PRIM , but the solution may also be STILTED which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in LA Times).
Overly formal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRIM | 73 % | 4 |
| STILTED | 20 % | 7 |
| STIFFLY | 7 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overly formal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stilted
- stiff
- ceremonial
- pompous
- pontifical
- grandiose
- important
- disciplinary
- superior
- pretentious
- pretension
- superbly
Crossword Answer definitions
PRIM verb- To make affectedly precise or proper.
- To dress or act smartly.
- Prudish, straight-laced
- Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
- (plants) privet
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PRIM
- Extremely proper
- Stiffly neat
- __ and proper
- Proper's partner
- Proper
- Prudish
- Strait-laced
- Proper mate
- Straitlaced
- Overly formal
More clues leading to the result STILTED
- Artificially formal
- Contrived
- Overly formal
- Stiffly formal
- Pompous
- Like awkwardly formal speech
- Stiffly dignified, as prose
- Wooden in manner
- Stiffly dignified
- Very constrained