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straightlaced

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straight-laced

  [streyt-leyst]
Use straightlaced in a Sentence
–adjective
strait-laced.
Related forms:
straight-lac⋅ed⋅ly  [streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee] , adverb
straight-lac⋅ed⋅ness, noun

strait-laced

  [streyt-leyst]
–adjective
1. excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
2. tightly laced, as a bodice.
3. wearing tightly laced garments.
Also, straight-laced.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME

Related forms:
strait-lac⋅ed⋅ly  [streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee] , adverb
strait-lac⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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