strait
noun
Often straits. a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
straitly
-
a word derived from
strait.
Example Sentences
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Nor, he contended, should one try to create new powers through interpretation of the document's phrases, for the Constitution "was intended to lace them up straitly within the enumerated powers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Let this woman and her husband be brought hither so that they may be straitly questioned.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
No, certainly Pauline had no kinship with the world, and therefore he was the more straitly bound to disregard the voice of material prosperity.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
For example: one day his Majesty being straitly besieged in his fortress was informed by his Dutch cannonier that Emir Jemla was riding within range.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
For the eternal roads run straitly, and their running is between gateless walls.
From The Furnace by Dame Rose Macaulay
