strait-laced

strait-laced

Archaic
1. tightly laced, as a corset
2. wearing tightly laced garments
narrowly strict or severe in behavior or moral views

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strait-laced

or straight-laced

adjective

Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions.
Having or wearing a tightly laced garment.

Origin of strait-laced

strait tightly (obsolete) -laced (from lace )

Related Forms:

strait′-lac′ed·ly
adverb

strait′-lac′ed·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative more straitlaced, superlative most straitlaced)

Alternative spelling of strait-laced.

Adjective

(comparative more strait-laced, superlative most strait-laced)

Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
Bound with stays.

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Darcy (played by Shenae Grimes) was introduced to viewers as a strait-laced Christian, who becomes captain of the Spirit Squad and Queen Bee of the school.
From Sutton, but Sterne, in spite of his double duties, seems to have been a frequent visitor there, and to have found in his not too strait-laced friend a highly congenial companion.

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