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puritanical

DEFINITIONS OF: puritanical

1

adj of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

adj morally rigorous and strict

“she was anything but puritanical in her behavior”
Synonyms:
blue, puritanic
nonindulgent, strict
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

adj exaggeratedly proper

Synonyms:
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
proper
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
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