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Another word for strait-laced

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Adjective

  1. Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form

      1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the period of the reign of Queen Victoria:
      2. Being in the highly ornamented, massive style of architecture, decor, and furnishings popular in 19th-century England.
      3. Relating to or displaying the standards or ideals of morality regarded as characteristic of the time of Queen Victoria:
      1. (Informal) Dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
      2. Poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
      3. Conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
      1. Extremely or excessively strict in matters of morals and religion
      2. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
      3. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; "” often used by way of reproach or contempt.
      1. Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.
      2. Like or characteristic of a prude; too modest or proper
      1. Designating an adjective formed from a proper noun, as Bostonian
      2. Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
      3. Out-and-out; thorough:
      1. (Informal) Very prim or precise; fussy, prudish, etc.
      2. Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.
      1. Neat and trim:
      2. Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
      3. Stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.; proper; demure
      1. Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
      2. Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
      3. Conforming strictly to rule or proper form:
      1. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
      2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
      1. Excessively or affectedly refined, polite, etc.
      2. Having or showing the good taste and refinement associated with polite society; elegant, fashionable, etc.
      3. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    plain

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Another word for strait-laced

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  1. See also:

    prudish

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  • 8 In spite of these restrictions and of an electoral system which tended to make these assemblies as strait-laced and reactionary as any government bureau, the zemstvos did good work, notably educational, in those provinces where the proprietors were inspired with a more liberal spirit.

  • from Sutton, but Sterne, in spite of his double duties, seems to have been a frequent visitor there, and to have found in his not too strait-laced friend a highly congenial companion.

  • Darcy (played by Shenae Grimes) was introduced to viewers as a strait-laced Christian, who becomes captain of the Spirit Squad and Queen Bee of the school.

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