Nice-nelly
Nice-nelly adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: the novel's wildly off base portrayal of 18th-century aristocrats as nice-nelly exemplars of decorum
Victorian and nice-nelly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Victorian" instead an adjective phrase "Nice-nelly".
Victorian
Victorian adjective - Given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals.
Usage example: a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders
Nice-nelly and victorian are semantically related. You can use "Nice-nelly" instead an adjective "Victorian".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- refined and nice-nelly
- refined and victorian
- proper and nice-nelly
- proper and victorian
- upright and nice-nelly
- upright and victorian
- priggish and nice-nelly
- priggish and victorian
- stuffy and nice-nelly
- stuffy and victorian
- puritanical and nice-nelly
- puritanical and victorian
- moral and nice-nelly
- moral and victorian
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