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or straightlaced
as in puritanical
given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals
a very straitlaced old lady who believed that cleavage was something that should be shown by rock crystals, not respectable women
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Recent Examples of straitlaced
Compton plays Raina, a young American woman who travels through Greece and aboard a barge with her straitlaced American boyfriend (Gary Collins) and a gay French artist (Gian Pietro Calasso).
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The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Based on the book by Mary Rogers, and a remake of the 1976 film, Disney’s version directed by Mark Waters follows a straitlaced psychologist, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her punk teenage daughter Anna (Lohan), who switch bodies under an accidental spell.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Aug. 2023
The beloved cast included two Alabama natives, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey (as naive cousins Gomer and Goober Pyle), Ron Howard (as Andy’s son Opie), Don Knotts (as jittery Deputy Barney Fife) and Frances Bavier (as straitlaced and loving Aunt Bee).
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
His grandfather Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) is fully behind him, while his straitlaced parents, Irving (Jeremy Strong) and Esther (Anne Hathaway), want their son to choose a financially solvent career.
—Simi Horwitz, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
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The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Based on the book by Mary Rogers, and a remake of the 1976 film, Disney’s version directed by Mark Waters follows a straitlaced psychologist, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her punk teenage daughter Anna (Lohan), who switch bodies under an accidental spell.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Aug. 2023
The beloved cast included two Alabama natives, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey (as naive cousins Gomer and Goober Pyle), Ron Howard (as Andy’s son Opie), Don Knotts (as jittery Deputy Barney Fife) and Frances Bavier (as straitlaced and loving Aunt Bee).
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
His grandfather Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) is fully behind him, while his straitlaced parents, Irving (Jeremy Strong) and Esther (Anne Hathaway), want their son to choose a financially solvent career.
—Simi Horwitz, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straitlaced
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If, instead, the election is close, existing trends will likely bring out the worst in America—our puritanical righteousness and tribalism.Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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In voiceover, Ai fondly recalls her own uncles and aunts sneaking out to clubs at night, partying all weekend, clashing with their elders and the more puritanical past generations stunned by the appropriation of sexier dress, style, and musical verve.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Comstock Act is a relic, not just of a more prudish era in American history, but of an age when the sort of individual rights that modern Americans take for granted effectively did not exist.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 May 2024
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Emily, perhaps true to her prudish Adderall-y millennial type, is not especially flirty.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
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But the Victorian farmstead is not just a capsule suspended in time.Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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Tour signature Old Louisville mansions and townhomes, and learn about the diverse history of Old Louisville, which is home to the largest contiguous collection of Victorian mansions in the United States.Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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Is she meant to be read as a little prim and repressed?Rachel Handler, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
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Gomez and her boyfriend, producer Benny Blanco, chose a classic couples' costume for their weekend celebration, with Gomez looking prim and proper in a blonde wig and dusty blue Rodarte gown to play the role of Alice.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Straitlaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitlaced. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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