strait-laced
31tight-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …
32straight-laced — straight lacedly /strayt lay sid lee, layst lee/, adv. straight lacedness, n. /strayt layst /, adj. strait laced. * * * …
33straight-laced — see strait laced …
34straight-laced — adjective variant spelling of strait laced …
35straight-laced — UK / US See: strait laced …
36straitlacedly — strait·laced·ly …
37straitlaced — strait|laced [ˌstreıtˈleıst] adj having strict, old fashioned ideas about moral behaviour ▪ straitlaced Victorian society …
38straitlaced — strait|laced [ streıt,leıst ] adjective morally very strict and old fashioned …
39straitlacedness — strait·laced·ness …
40Victorian — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [An historical designation] Syn. early Victorian, mid Victorian, late Victorian, nineteenth century. 2. [Conventional] Syn. stuffy, strait laced, mawkish; see prudish . 3. [Decorated] Syn. flowery, patterned, resplendent; …
