puritanical
/pjɚ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kl̩/ adjective C2- Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
- Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).
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She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
For example, look at the puritanical procureur, who has just lost his daughter, and in fact nearly all his family, in so singular a manner; Morcerf dishonored and dead; and then myself covered with ridicule through the villany of Benedetto; besides——”
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