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Princeton's WordNet

  1. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorianadjective

    exaggeratedly proper

    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

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  1. straightlaced

    Straightlaced refers to someone who is strict and very serious about following the rules or moral standards. It can also describe someone as having a very formal, conservative, or old-fashioned lifestyle or attitude.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of straightlaced in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of straightlaced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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