strict
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc.: strict laws; a strict judge.
closely or rigorously enforced or maintained: strict silence.
exact or precise: a strict statement of facts.
extremely defined or conservative; narrowly or carefully limited: a strict construction of the Constitution.
close, careful, or minute: a strict search.
absolute, perfect, or complete; utmost: told in strict confidence.
stern; severe; austere: strict parents.
Obsolete. drawn tight or close.
Origin of strict
1synonym study For strict
Other words for strict
Opposites for strict
Other words from strict
- strictness, noun
- o·ver·strict, adjective
- su·per·strict, adjective
- su·per·strict·ly, adverb
- su·per·strict·ness, noun
- un·strict, adjective
- un·strict·ly, adverb
- un·strict·ness, noun
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How to use strict in a sentence
Despite global unrest, the 2014 election may not be a “foreign policy election” in the strictest sense.
And it never seemed wrong, since I was copying myself and not even my strictest teachers had ever told me that was wrong.
There’s Nothing Wrong—and a Lot That’s Right—About Copying Other Artists | Malcolm Jones | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJapan has some of the strictest gun-control laws in the world.
The Great Japanese Gang Wars | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn our country, the states with the strictest gun laws have the lowest rates of gun crime.
Iran was hit with some of the strictest sanctions ever imposed on a nation.
They are raised on the strictest scientific principles and yield me the greater part of my income.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI conceive that the strictest union of affection is requisite to conjugal felicity.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottOctavius, surnamed Augustus, really caused himself to be adored in the strictest sense of the word.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Ile endureThe strictest course of life that iealousie Can thinke secure enough, ere my behauiourShall call my fame in question.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerShe said that they had enough funds to take them home in four weeks by the strictest kind of management.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
British Dictionary definitions for strict
/ (strɪkt) /
adhering closely to specified rules, ordinances, etc: a strict faith
complied with or enforced stringently; rigorous: a strict code of conduct
severely correct in attention to rules of conduct or morality: a strict teacher
(of a punishment, etc) harsh; severe
(prenominal) complete; absolute: in strict secrecy
logic maths (of a relation)
applying more narrowly than some other relation often given the same name, as strict inclusion, which holds only between pairs of sets that are distinct, while simple inclusion permits the case in which they are identical: See also proper (def. 9), ordering
distinguished from a relation of the same name that is not the subject of formal study
botany rare very straight, narrow, and upright: strict panicles
Origin of strict
1Derived forms of strict
- strictly, adverb
- strictness, noun
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