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Meaning of lockjawed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Rigidly humourless.

informal

Examples

“A work that never quite succeeds in matching its thoughtful head to its sentimental heart, “Crazy Mary” charts a culture clash between a lockjawed, button-down matron and her distant cousin, a longtime sanitarium resident who is, to put it politely, bonkers.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lockless locklike lockside lockstep locky loco