Puritanical - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌpjʊrɪˈtænɪkl|
Brit.
|pjʊərɪˈtænɪk(ə)l|
adjective
- exaggeratedly proper (syn: priggish, prim, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, strait-laced, victorian)
- morally rigorous and strict (syn: blue, puritanic)
- morally rigorous and strict (syn: blue, puritanic)
she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
Extra examples
...some of the state laws concerning sexual behavior are vestiges of a more puritanical time and are rarely, if ever, enforced...
The atmosphere at the school was oppressively puritanical.
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