Pernickety and Strait-laced

Pernickety

Pernickety adjective - Hard to please.

Strait-laced and pernickety are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strait-laced" instead an adjective "Pernickety".

Strait-laced

Strait-laced adjective - Exaggeratedly proper.
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Pernickety and strait-laced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pernickety" instead an adjective phrase "Strait-laced".
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