Translations for „straitlaced“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

straitlaced [ˌstreɪtˈleɪst, Am ˈstreɪtleɪst] ADJ

straitlaced

стро́гий

straitlaced

пурита́нский

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His appearance is straitlaced: he always wears a pinstriped suit, a gleaming white shirt and a bow tie.

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This is a straitlaced beer but pleasant and balanced.

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I was always the straitlaced good kid out of all my siblings.

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She is seen from above and behind, and her back is straitlaced and proper.

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He is extremely straitlaced and responsible.

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Here, where the government is the booze business, many of us still recall liquor stores so straitlaced, the demon bottles were kept out of view.

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The outcome was that the "buyers" offered the flirts (dubbed "likeable losers") 20% less, on average, than what they offered the more straitlaced sellers.

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The tragedy fuels the cop's turn from a straitlaced officer to an avenging force.

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The whole show seemed like a great trumpet blast of defiance and freedom that proved joyously infectious even to straitlaced public schoolboys like us.

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It was a tragic story that showed a different side to the usually straitlaced detective, adding a new dimension to his character, and away from all the crime-solving.

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