Definition of Puritanical
Adjective
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morally rigorous and strict
"the puritan work ethic"
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"
"she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
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exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- square toed
- strait laced
- straight laced
- tight laced
- victorian
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of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
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