holding to

traditional

cautious constant conventional firm moderate old-fashioned stable steady timid unadventurous

bourgeois controlled fearful fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hidebound illiberal inflexible not extreme orthodox sober traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

incautious

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady untrustworthy wavering

exaggerated

Tory bourgeois constant firm fuddy-duddy quiet reactionary right rightist stable steady timid

controlled conventional die-hard fearful fogyish guarded hard hat hidebound illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox right of center right-wing sober traditional traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady

bourgeois constant controlled conventional die-hard fearful firm fogyish fuddy-duddy guarded hard hat hidebound illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox quiet reactionary right of center right-wing rightist sober stable steady traditional traditionalist unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive

crisp firm obstinate reserved

aloof distant do-or-die dug in formal hard as nails hard-line hold one's ground hold the fort hold the line incompliant inelastic inexorable inflexible intractable locked-in obdurate relentless resolute set in stone severe single-minded standing one's ground standing pat sticking to one's guns stiff strict stubborn uncompromising unflexible unrelenting unswayable unyielding uptight

flexible soft yielding

bending pliable pliant relaxed