puritanical

There was nothing puritanical, however, in his way of living.

America's great tradition is to be puritanical only about private behavior.

Maggie had a very puritanical side to her at times.

There's something kind of puritanical and technical in his playing.

He'd always struck her as a bit too politically puritanical, however.

I have been told that is an old-fashioned, puritanical attitude.

Perhaps I'd been missing something by being so self-conscious and puritanical.

What kind of puritanical culture do we live in?

We are so much more puritanical in this country.

It showed some cleavage, too, but he was really quite Puritanical.

Is it puritanical to think something has to require a lot of effort to be sincere?

The puritanical Ego believes we should always pay for having fun.

A surprised look crossed his puritanical features, but he asked no questions.

The older one seemed the graver of the two and was perhaps the more puritanical.

"We are not a right-wing puritanical community," the mayor said.

Added to this, I did not much like the puritanical manners of the large towns.

Not that New York's night life scene has become puritanical.

It was one explanation for the puritanical virtue of the unit.

She wants to question sexual politics without being puritanical.

How did our culture get mired in this puritanical paradox?

It is true, however, that he was most puritanical.

But he soon set about spreading his principal message of puritanical reform.

Despite his young age, he had a reputation at court for puritanical austerity.