strict
IPA: strˈɪkt
adjective
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Severe in discipline.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
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Examples of "strict" in Sentences
- The teacher is stern and strict.
- The detractor was a very strict man.
- A strict regimen is the order of the day.
- He is known to be very strict to prentices.
- But the strict sabbatarian doctrine spreads.
- But the the strict sabbatarian doctrine spread.
- The rules governing the trial are many and strict.
- There are strict laws over the exportation of Kava.
- A strict check is kept on the health and hygiene of the cadets.
- This strict confidentiality is known as the Seal of the Confessional.
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