puritanical
adjective
very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
puritanically
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a word derived from
puritanical.
Example Sentences
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And it’s not just this group of films; Hollywood remains puritanically squeamish when it comes to menstruation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2019
The whole story concludes with a satirical poem that uses double-entendres to poke fun at the puritanically intolerant.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2019
One NES game assumed you were puritanically obsessed about recreating unremarkable MLB lineups.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2018
This is an amazing accomplishment, as Apple runs probably the most puritanically walled-garden site on the web.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2013
In the same year he published Christian Perfection, a profoundly earnest but puritanically narrow work, in which our earthly life is regarded simply as the road to another.
From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis
