| Adj. | 1. | puritanical - of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism |
| 2. | puritanical - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" Synonyms: prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, victorian | |
| 3. | puritanical - morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" |