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    puritanical

    puritanical - Dictionary definition and meaning for word puritanical

    Definition
    (adj) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism Definition
    (adj) exaggeratedly proper
    Example Sentence
    • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
    Definition
    (adj) morally rigorous and strict
    Synonyms : blue , puritanic
    Example Sentence
    • the puritan work ethic
    • puritanic distaste for alcohol
    • she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
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after coming from PURI (religious place) she become Puritanical

pure ethnic...pertaining to religion

concentrate on pure >> means pure in soul.. can be with religious n high moral values..


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text: because of their puritanical views of breastfeeding.
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