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straight-laced

DEFINITIONS OF: straight-laced

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adj exaggeratedly proper

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