strict

1. a. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Source: opted

2. a. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. Source: opted

3. a. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Source: opted

4. a. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. Source: opted

5. a. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. Source: opted

6. a. Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Source: opted

7. adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard Source: wordnet

8. adj. (of rules) stringently enforced Source: wordnet

9. adj. characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint Source: wordnet

10. adj. incapable of compromise or flexibility Source: wordnet

11. adj. severe and unremitting in making demands Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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