" nice-nelly "

1: given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals;

  * e.g., " ... the novel's wildly off base portrayal of 18th-century aristocrats as nice-nelly exemplars of decorum "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bluenosed,

•  prim,

•  prudish,

•  puritanical,

•  straitlaced,

•  Victorian

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters;

  * e.g., " ... some nice nelly bowdlerized this collection of wartime ditties that were lustily sung by the men around the campfire "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bluenose,

•  moralist,

•  Mrs. Grundy,

•  prude,

•  puritan,

•  wowser

•  Antonyms : 

•  immoralist