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[ streyt-leyst ] / ˈstreɪtˈleɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR straight-laced ON THESAURUS.COM
OTHER WORDS FROM straight-lacedstraight-lac·ed·ly [streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee], /ˈstreɪtˈleɪ sɪd li, -ˈleɪst li/, adverbstraight-lac·ed·ness, nounWords nearby straight-lacedstraight-from-the-shoulder, straight goods, straight gyrus, straightjacket, straight joint, straight-laced, straight-line, straight man, straight matter, straight muscle, straightneck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for straight-lacedThwarted by straight-laced parents, vivacious Flo eventually eloped to Philly with a doctor and then divorced. Dead Cool: Florence Foster Jenkins|Simon Doonan|July 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST William Parker is a straight-laced cop with dreams of ridding L.A of its crime and endemic corruption. The Daily Beast Recommends|The Daily Beast|August 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST One of my students started senior year straight-laced and dreaming of studying engineering at Georgia Tech. How Colleges Dupe Students|Kathleen Kingsbury|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST One that has been discovered very recently is that the straight-faced are the straight-laced. How to Analyze People on Sight|Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
"You were always one of the straight-laced sort, Joyce," cried Wilson, laughing good-humoredly. East Lynne|Mrs. Henry Wood The new generation looks upon the stern morality and industry and self-control of its ancestors as straight-laced and narrow. The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler In fact, he was so merry that, by the straight-laced Puritans, he was thought ungodly. The Witch of Salem|John R. Musick Now I dare say there are straight-laced people who will be shocked at the idea of a woman playing ten-pins.
British Dictionary definitions for straight-laced
adjectivea variant spelling of strait-laced Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to straight-lacedrigid, bigoted, bourgeois, commonplace, conforming, conservative, demure, dogmatic, hackneyed, humdrum, illiberal, inflexible, insular, lame, literal, moderate, moral, narrow, narrow-minded, obstinate |