PURITANICAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • morally rigorous and strict
   Synonym(s)
   • blue(a) (what does blue(a) mean?)
   • puritan (what does puritan mean?)
   • puritanic (what does puritanic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • blue laws
   • the puritan work ethic
   • puritanic distaste for alcohol
   • she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
   Similar To
   • nonindulgent (what does nonindulgent mean?)
2. Meaning
   • exaggeratedly proper
   Synonym(s)
   • priggish (what does priggish mean?)
   • prim (what does prim mean?)
   • prissy (what does prissy mean?)
   • prudish (what does prudish mean?)
   • square-toed (what does square-toed mean?)
   • straight-laced (what does straight-laced mean?)
   • straightlaced (what does straightlaced mean?)
   • strait-laced (what does strait-laced mean?)
   • straitlaced (what does straitlaced mean?)
   • tight-laced (what does tight-laced mean?)
   • victorian (what does victorian mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn”t approve of my miniskirts
   Similar To
   • proper (what does proper mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
   Pertainym(s)
   • puritan (what does puritan mean?)
   • Puritanism (what does Puritanism mean?)