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straightlaced::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
Examples of straightlaced
straightlaced
The tide is going against the Free Church of Scotland and its marginally less straightlaced fellow traveller, the Church of Scotland.
From the guardian.co.uk
Apple, owned by a puritan straightlaced American who believes the rest of the world should follow his outdated moral ideas.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Priggish: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- A complex boot-lacing system favored by racist skins who lace their boots in horizontal, straight lines rather than X or cross patterns.
