strait and narrow

Noun

Meaning

the way of proper and honest behavior

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Synonyms

straight and narrow honorable way of life path of honesty path of morality path of uprightness virtuous way of life moral way of life honorable way of living righteous way of living honest way of life path of righteousness dignified way of living honorable living noble way of life honest way of living
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Antonyms

wicked lifestyle path of dishonesty dishonorable way of living unethical lifestyle dishonest way of living immoral path
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Hypernyms

way path way of life

Examples

For a good man to realize that it is better to be whole than to be good is to enter on a strait and narrow path compared to which his previous rectitude was flowery license. John Middleton Murry

Now the passage being very strait and narrow... I was well nigh quite beat out, by striving to get in. John Bunyan

he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

straintronic straintronics strait Strait of Anian Strait of Bonifacio strait of calais