stringent

[strin-juhnt]

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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.

Origin of stringent

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

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

Synonyms for stringent

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1. restrictive. See strict. 3. forceful, powerful, effective.

Antonyms for stringent

1. flexible.

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Related Words for stringently

closely, rigorously, stringently, surely, factually

Examples from the Web for stringently

Historical Examples of stringently

Faithfully and stringently carried out, it might have saved the South.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals
T. C. DeLeon
The prohibition was stringently, indeed at one time, ruthlessly, enforced.
The Light of Scarthey
Egerton Castle
The elk are in danger of becoming extinct if they are not stringently guarded.
Our Vanishing Wild Life
William T. Hornaday
Contrary to wont, the ban against Spinoza was stringently enforced, to keep young people from his heresies.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
All admit that the unfair competitive methods described in an earlier part of this chapter should be stringently prohibited.
Distributive Justice
John A. (John Augustine) Ryan

British Dictionary definitions for stringently

stringent

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.