puritanically

Variant of puritanical

puritanical definition

pu·ri·tani·cal (pyo̵or′i tan′i kəl)

adjective

  1. of the Puritans or Puritanism
  2. extremely or excessively strict in matters of morals and religion
Also puritanic pu′·ri·tan′ic

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