stringent

[ strin-juhnt ]

/ ˈstrɪn dʒənt /

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adjective

rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.

compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity.

convincing or forcible: stringent arguments.

(of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.

RELATED WORDS

closely, rigorously, surely, factually

Nearby words

Origin of stringent

1595–1605; < Latin stringent- (stem of stringēns), present participle of stringere to draw tight; see -ent

SYNONYMS FOR stringent

1 restrictive. See strict.

3 forceful, powerful, effective.

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ANTONYMS FOR stringent

1 flexible.

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Related formsstrin·gent·ly, adverbnon·strin·gent, adjectiveun·strin·gent, adjectiveun·strin·gent·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for stringently

Colonists were stringently enjoined from having anything to do with them.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century|Clarence Henry Haring
Frederick dryly remarked that May's capital was stringently tied up in the hands of trustees, whether she were married or single.
That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3(of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
The destinies have not always been stringently fastidious as to the admission of lodgers to this sacred ground.
Shakespeare's England|William Winter
Today it is perhaps the most stringently observed of all the manifold commandments in American railroading.
The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford

I am against any short hours' bill, and am of opinion that infant labour should be stringently and universally enforced.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stringently

stringent

/ (ˈstrɪndʒənt) /

adjective

requiring strict attention to rules, procedure, detail, etc

finance characterized by or causing a shortage of credit, loan capital, etc

Derived Formsstringency, nounstringently, adverb

Word Origin for stringent

C17: from Latin stringere to bind

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Word Origin and History for stringently

stringent

adj.

c.1600, "astringent," especially with reference to taste, from Latin stringentem (nominative stringens), present participle of stringere "to compress, contract, bind or draw tight" (see strain). Of regulations, procedures, etc., 1846.