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US
/vɪkˈtɔɹiən/
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ADJECTIVE
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exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
How To Use victorian In A Sentence
- Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
- Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
- At a time when they were still singing soupy Victorian hymns in churches, this choir performed relatively modem music.
- Meanwhile, Angela Brockway and other members of the reading group are struggling to carry on without their friend: There were about 14 of us who all used to sit round her big Victorian table in her conservatory with mugs of tea and coffee and piles of what we called 'posh' biscuits. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- In May it was burgled and the Victorian stained glass window was smashed.
- See the city's fine Victorian architecture, and visit its excellent museums.
- We have so many quaint old settler cottages as well as grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
- In the spirit of the colonial revival, they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof with a hip roof with dormers, removed the two-story service wing, replaced windows and doors, and restored or embellished interior woodwork.
- Her journal is an important document of Victorian rural life.
- Victorian propriety is an important element of the story, the atmosphere to be upended over and over by slapstick action and sudden death. Archive 2008-02-01