Starched
[stɑːtʃt] or [stɑrtʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Starch
(a.) Stiffened with starch.
(a.) Stiff; precise; formal.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Stiff, precise, formal, prim, rigid, punctilious, ceremonious, starchy, affectedly exact.
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Examples
- Only you can't do much in a starched shirt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She listened, watching, hoping no one would hear the starched linen crackle. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You've kept close to that starched-up Englishwoman all day, and now you snub me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I must differ in opinion with you, Lord Hertford, said he, in his starched pragmatical manner. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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