Synonyms for strait-laced

Grammar : Adj

Spell : streyt-leyst

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstreɪtˈleɪst

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Définition of strait-laced

Origin : 1540s, of stays or bodices; figurative sense of "over-precise, prudish" is from 1550s; see strait (n.) + lace (v.).

adj prudish

Example sentences :

His strait-laced notions might revolt at races and betting-rings.
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever

Why, Parson, old man, you mustn't be too strait-laced out here.
Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King

Some people thought her old fashioned, strait-laced, prudish.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

No one, I tell you, not even the most strait-laced or censorious.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

The ladies were not too strait-laced; dull care was banished.
Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham

Old Mr. Cayley, though not the least strait-laced, was a religious man.
Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke

Ask Johnny Ludlow there whether he is strait-laced or not; he knows.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

And for this he must not be thought narrow-minded, strait-laced, or unduly dignified.
Extract from : « Mary Anerley » by R. D. Blackmore

In strait-laced ways and to all demure modesty, Eliza was reared.
Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune

Strait-laced women were even found to say that she had expiated her sins.
Extract from : « Gobseck » by Honore de Balzac

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