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strait-laced
(encz) | strait-laced,moralistický adj: Petr Prášek |
strait-laced
(encz) | strait-laced,pruderní adj: Petr Prášek |
strait-laced
(encz) | strait-laced,puritánský adj: Petr Prášek |
Strait-laced
(gcide) | Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a.
1. Bound with stays.
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Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she
thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are
strait-laced. --Locke.
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2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller.
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3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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strait-laced
(wn) | strait-laced
adj 1: 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] |
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Strait-laced
(gcide) | Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a.
1. Bound with stays.
[1913 Webster]
Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she
thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are
strait-laced. --Locke.
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2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller.
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3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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