puritanical, adj.
morally rigorous and strict
<adj.all> (a)
blue puritanic puritanical
sample sentences
"puritanic distaste for alcohol""she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
"blue laws"
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exaggeratedly proper
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced tight-laced victorian
sample sentences
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
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of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
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puritanical