- 1. a. Bound with stays. Source: opted
- 2. a. Restricted; stiff; constrained. Source: opted
- 3. a. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals. Source: opted
- 4. adj. exaggeratedly proper Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s exaggeratedly proper Source: ecdict
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