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Puritanically

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pu·ri·tan·i·cal  (pyr-tn-kl)
adj.
1. Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
2. Puritanical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.
puri·tani·cal·ly adv.
puri·tani·cal·ness n.
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Adv.1.puritanically - in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"
prudishly


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"I trust also," said D'Artagnan, approaching the young man closely, "that you will no longer speak ill of any one, as it seems you have the unfortunate habit of doing; for a man so puritanically conscientious as you are, who can reproach an old soldier for a youthful freak five-and-thirty years after it happened, will allow me to ask whether you who advocate such excessive purity of conscience, will undertake on your side to do nothing contrary either to conscience or the principle of honor.
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