| ADJECTIVE | all | straitlaced, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | exaggeratedly proper |
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| Meaning | exaggeratedly proper. | |
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| Example | "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" | |
| Synonyms | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | gazmoño, mojigato, pudibundo, puritano, remilgado | |
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