What is the meaning of puritanical?

Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism.
Exaggeratedly proper.
- usage: "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
Morally rigorous and strict.
- usage: "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
- synonyms: blue, puritanic

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