priggish (s)
prim (s)
prissy (s)
prudish (s)
puritanical (s)
square-toed (s)
straitlaced (s)
strait-laced (s)
straightlaced (s)
straight-laced (s)
tight-laced (s)
victorian (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def exaggeratedly proper
examples my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
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Similar to proper
Derivationally related form puritanical → puritan
Derivationally related form prudish → prudishness
Derivationally related form prim → primness
Derivationally related form prim → primness
Derivationally related form priggish → priggishness
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Similar to proper
Derived from adjective priggishly → priggish
Derived from adjective prissily → prissy
Derived from adjective primly → prim
Derived from adjective puritanically → puritanical
Derived from adjective prudishly → prudish
Derivationally related form primness → prim
Derivationally related form priggishness → priggish
Derivationally related form prudishness → prudish
Derivationally related form primness → prim
Derivationally related form puritan → puritanical

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