STRICT
\stɹˈɪkt], \stɹˈɪkt], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_t]\
Definitions of STRICT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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(of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
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Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
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Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
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Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
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Strictness.
By Oddity Software
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Strictness.
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Exacting; severe; as, strict laws; extremely careful and thorough; as, strict honesty; accurate; precise; as, the strict sense of a word; stretched tight.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Strictness.
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Exact: extremely nice: observing exact rules: severe: restricted: thoroughly accurate.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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