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· strait-laced
adjective
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Similar words
priggish
prim
prissy
prudish
puritanical
square-toed
straight-laced
straightlaced
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).