straightlaced
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| Adj. | 1. | straightlaced - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"priggish, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straitlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
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straightlaced - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"