Antonyms for straitlaced
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : streyt-leys |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstreɪtˌleɪs |
Definition of straitlaced
- adj formal
- He was not straitlaced, or mealy-mouthed, or overburthened with scruples.
- Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
- I don't think I'm more prejudiced or straitlaced than you: I think I'm less.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Warren's Profession » by George Bernard Shaw
- A few people are straitlaced, and a good many feel they have been taken in.
- Extract from : « Lady Rose's Daughter » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- It is a cold, insipid style of beauty, at the best; and she is as self-willed and as straitlaced as a lady abbess.
- Extract from : « Gycia » by Lewis Morris
- Although Daneford was not a straitlaced city, there was a good deal of solid propriety in the character of its people.
- Extract from : « The Weird Sisters, Volume II (of 3) » by Richard Dowling
- Inclined too much to melancholy, and a trifle too straitlaced for his advanced age, perhaps.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
- Why had Cliffe been invited by these very respectable and straitlaced people the Grosvilles?
- Extract from : « The Marriage of William Ashe » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for straitlaced
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