strait-laced Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
WordNet
Strait"-laced` adjective
Definitions
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Bound with stays. Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke.
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Restricted; stiff; constrained. R. Fuller. -
Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
