Thesaurus: strict

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1. a. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
2. a. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
3. a. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
4. a. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
5. a. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
6. a. Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
8. adj. (of rules) stringently enforced
9. adj. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
10. adj. incapable of compromise or flexibility
11. adj. severe and unremitting in making demands
12. 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden. 2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. 3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton. 4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." Milton. 5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. 6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn. -- Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. -- Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always, of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle. And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. Pope. Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -"What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!" Milton. The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.