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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | exaggeratedly proper |
| examples | my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts |
| Outgoing links | |
| 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 |
| Incoming links | |
| 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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