Definitions of straight-laced
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exaggeratedly proper
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synonyms:
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
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proper
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
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proper
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