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straightlaced

ADJECTIVE

strait-laced

Synonyms

WEAK

Victorian austere goody-two-shoes old-maidish priggish prim prissy proper prudish puritanical rigid square starchy stiff strict stuffy uptight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

permissive

WEAK

broad-minded

Example Sentences

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He had hits with a guy named Roy Orbison and a straightlaced, suit-wearing young man from Texas, Willie Nelson.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

That doesn’t mean Hawley has reverted to straightlaced dialogue.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2023

When Sarkisian arrived at Washington after seven years as a USC assistant, he inherited a moribund program that was 0-12 in 2008 under straightlaced coach Tyrone Willingham.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2015

They are the most straightlaced people in the universe.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was perfectly aware that by some excessively straightlaced people it might be termed a sin; but my ideas of sin were as easy and condoning as yours are.

From The Master-Christian by Corelli, Marie