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straight-laced

[ streyt-leyst ]
/ ˈstreɪtˈleɪst /
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adjective

strait-laced.

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OTHER WORDS FROM straight-laced

straight-lac·ed·ly [streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee], /ˈstreɪtˈleɪ sɪd li, -ˈleɪst li/, adverbstraight-lac·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby straight-laced

straight-from-the-shoulder, straight goods, straight gyrus, straightjacket, straight joint, straight-laced, straight-line, straight man, straight matter, straight muscle, straightneck
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Words related to straight-laced

rigid, bigoted, bourgeois, commonplace, conforming, conservative, demure, dogmatic, hackneyed, humdrum, illiberal, inflexible, insular, lame, literal, moderate, moral, narrow, narrow-minded, obstinate

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British Dictionary definitions for straight-laced

straight-laced

adjective

a variant spelling of strait-laced
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