puritanical
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(satellite adjective) morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" |
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Synonyms: blue, puritan, puritanic |
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(satellite adjective) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" |
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Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
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