strait-laced

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adjective

exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
• Syn:
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical,
square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
• Similar to:
proper
• Derivationally related forms:
puritan (for: puritanical), prudishness (for: prudish), primness (for: prim), priggishness (for: priggish)