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straighter-laced

straighter-laced is the comparative form of straight-laced.

Meaning of straight-laced

Adjective

straight-laced (comparative more straight-laced or straighter-laced, superlative most straight-laced or straightest-laced)

  1. Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.
    • Me thinks St. Augustin was too straight-laced in not liking Organs in Churches.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 20
    Synonyms:
    tight-laced, stuffy

Questions about straighter-laced

What is straighter-laced the comparative form of?
Straighter-laced is the comparative form of straight-laced.

Words near straighter-laced in the dictionary

  1. straightens
  2. straightens out
  3. straightens up
  4. straightens up and flies right
  5. straighter
  6. straighter-laced
  7. straighterforward
  8. straighters
  9. straightest
  10. straightest-laced
  11. straightestforward

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