puritanical

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While secretly they laughed at what they termed her puritanical notions, they were shrewd enough to realize that they could hardly afford to snub a woman whose husband occupied so prominent a position in the world of affairs.

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  1. adjective Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.

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  • The style reminded Auburn of some newspaper editorials—smug, puritanical, and imperious. —  AHMM,January-February2008
  • Each was comprised of but slightly less than a gallon of rust-colored, case-hardened knuckles His face was long, puritanical, his mouth thin and grim. —  010 - The Phantom City
  • Yet far from restoring the Sangha's purity, their attempts at censorship only make them look puritanical, which is a pretty poor way of restoring the monkhood's good reputation. —  Cambodia: Details are Sketchy
  • The question is why a very Victorian, puritanical, failed, unenlightened, drug obsessed, fraud therapy riddled set of assumptions about child rearing, pops up in everything we encounter. —  BlueOregon
  • And they enjoyed widespread public support for their puritanical views about the virtues of saving, the dangers of creating future booms and the necessity of punishing and "purging" imprudent and unethical boom-time behaviour. —  Top stories from Times Online
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