straight-laced
1straight-laced — straight′ laced′ adj. strait laced …
2straight-laced — [strāt′lāst΄] adj. STRAIT LACED (sense 2) …
3straight-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …
4straight-laced — straight lacedly /strayt lay sid lee, layst lee/, adv. straight lacedness, n. /strayt layst /, adj. strait laced. * * * …
5straight-laced — see strait laced …
6straight-laced — adjective variant spelling of strait laced …
7straight-laced — UK / US See: strait laced …
8straight-laced — adjective Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish …
9straight·laced — variant spelling of ↑straitlaced ↑straitlaced …
10straight — straight, strait 1. Straight is a Middle English past participle of the verb stretch and has many meanings in modern English, primarily ‘extending uniformly in the same direction without a curve or bend’. Strait, which has the basic meaning… …
