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Synonyms for Puritanical (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (exaggeratedly proper):
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, straitlaced, square-toed, straightlaced, straight-laced, strait-laced, tight-laced, Victorian

WordNet sense 2 (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness):
proper

WordNet sense 3 (morally rigorous and strict):
blue, puritan, puritanic

WordNet sense 4 (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint):
strict, nonindulgent


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