strait-laced

adj.

1. Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions.
2. Having or wearing a tightly laced garment.

[STRAIT, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from LACE).]

strait-lacedly strait'-lac'ed·ly (-lā'sĭd-lē, -lāst'lē) adv.
strait-lacedness strait'-lac'ed·ness n.

adjective

Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, stuffy, Victorian. Idioms: prim and proper. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: prim and proper
Antonyms: broad-minded, permissive

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bornert, stramtandet, snerpet, snæversynet

Nederlands (Dutch)
rechtlijnig, strikt

Français (French)
adj. - collet monté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - puritanisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (καθομ.) αυστηρών αρχών ή ηθών, πουριτανικός

Italiano (Italian)
puritano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - austero

Русский (Russian)
туго шнуровать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - puritano, mojigato, gazmoño

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - moraliskt sträng, trångbröstad, bigott, pryd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
严格的, 死板的, 过于拘泥的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 嚴格的, 死板的, 過於拘泥的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄격한, 지나치게 딱딱한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - やかましい, ひどく堅苦しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستقيم, نظيف, فضيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שמרן (בד"כ: בענייני מוסר), פוריטני, לבוש מחוך מהודק, מחמיר כקוצו של יוד‬

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