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TIGHT-LACED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tight-laced mean? 

TIGHT-LACED (adjective)
  The adjective TIGHT-LACED has 1 sense:

1. exaggeratedly properplay

  Familiarity information: TIGHT-LACED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIGHT-LACED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Exaggeratedly proper

Synonyms:

priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian

Context example:

my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

Similar:

proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)


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