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puritanical

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puritanical in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. morally rigorous and strict
    "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
    blue  puritanic  puritanical 
  2. exaggeratedly proper
    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
    priggish  prim  prissy  prudish  puritanical  square-toed  straitlaced  strait-laced  straightlaced  straight-laced  tight-laced  victorian 
  3. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
    puritanical 
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