27 entries under modest topic. ×

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prudish(adjective, tough, correct, blue, severe)
18
prim(adjective, plain, proper, particular)
15
strait-laced(adjective, tough, correct, severe, firm)
11
stuffy(adjective, tough, correct, moderate, severe)
7
genteel(adjective, plain, particular, fussy)
6
demure(adjective, correct, rigid, particular)
6
moral(adjective, blue, proper, straight)
4
nice(adjective, polite, decent, moral)
2
punctilious(adjective, tough, correct, severe, firm)
2
seemly(polite, decent, moral, prim)
2
straight(adjective, tough, correct, moderate, severe)
1
conforming(adjective, proper, polite, straight)
1
polite(correct, decent, moral, particular)
1
square(adjective, tough, correct, moderate, severe)
0
by the book(solid, polite, decent, moral)
0
by the numbers(expression, solid, polite, square)
0
comely(polite, decent, moral, prim)
0
comme il faut(expression, polite, decent, moral)
0
courteous(polite, prim)
0
de rigueur(expression, polite, decent, moral)
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