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View synonyms for straight-laced

straight-laced

[ streyt-leyst ]

adjective



straight-laced

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of strait-laced
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • straight-lac·ed·ly [streyt, -, ley, -sid-lee, -, leyst, -lee], adverb
  • straight-laced·ness noun
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Example Sentences

Thwarted by straight-laced parents, vivacious Flo eventually eloped to Philly with a doctor and then divorced.

William Parker is a straight-laced cop with dreams of ridding L.A of its crime and endemic corruption.

One of my students started senior year straight-laced and dreaming of studying engineering at Georgia Tech.

Blood-thirsty, violence-loving hicks vs. straight-laced, normal, thinking urban white-collar workers.

One that has been discovered very recently is that the straight-faced are the straight-laced.

The North American, beneath his cold and straight-laced appearance, conceals a warm and enthusiastic heart.

The new generation looks upon the stern morality and industry and self-control of its ancestors as straight-laced and narrow.

They all laughed heartily at the joke, and went on for some time bantering Wildgoose upon his being so straight-laced.

"You were always one of the straight-laced sort, Joyce," cried Wilson, laughing good-humoredly.

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