pu·ri·tan·i·cal (py r  -t n -k l)adj. 1. Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality. 2. Puritanical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans. pu ri·tani·cal·ly adv.pu ri·tani·cal·ness n. |
puritanical
Adjective
1. Usually disparaging strict in moral or religious outlook
2. (sometimes cap) of or relating to a puritan or the Puritans
puritanically adv
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| Adj. | 1. | puritanical - of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism |
| 2. |  puritanical - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, victorian proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" | |
| 3. | puritanical - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
puritanical
adjective strict, forbidding, puritan, stuffy, narrow, severe, proper, stiff, rigid, disapproving, austere, fanatical, bigoted, prim, ascetic, narrow-minded, prudish, strait-laced << OPPOSITE liberal
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