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Bound with stays.

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  1. a. Bound with stays.
  2. a. Restricted; stiff; constrained.
  3. a. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
  4. adj. exaggeratedly proper
  5. 1. Bound with stays. Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
  6. j:100 s exaggeratedly proper