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puritanical
(encz) | puritanical,puritánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Puritanical
(gcide) | Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
and practice.
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2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
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Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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puritanical
(wn) | puritanical
adj 1: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy,
prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced,
strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, {tight-
laced}, victorian]
3: morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic";
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but
puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a), puritanic,
puritanical] |
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puritanically
(encz) | puritanically, |
blueprenominal puritan puritanical
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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Puritanical
(gcide) | Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
and practice.
[1913 Webster]
2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
[1913 Webster]
Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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Puritanically
(gcide) | Puritanically \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a puritanical manner.
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puritanically
(wn) | puritanically
adv 1: in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder
whether she is really all that chaste" [syn: prudishly,
puritanically] |
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