strait-laced - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'strait-laced' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Strait-laced

[ a.]

- Bound with stays.
- Restricted; stiff; constrained.
- Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

1 . strait-laced

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- exaggeratedly proper

Example in sentence:

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