strict.
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Meaning & usage
Strained; drawn close; tight.
strict embrace
strict ligature
Tense; not relaxed.
strict fiber
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
to keep strict watch
to pay strict attention
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
to understand words in a strict sense
Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
It was a very strict lesson.
Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.
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