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Strict adj. (compar. stricter; superl. strictest)

1.

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

2.

Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.

3.

Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. "It shall be still in strictest measure."

4.

Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries."

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.

Synonyms: 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." "Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: - "What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!""

The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.

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... author of this narrative with tears in his eyes. He was furnished with fifteen guineas, and informed that they would be sufficient, not only for the expense of his journey, but for his support in Wales for some time; and that there remained but little more of the first collection. He promised a strict adherence to his maxims of parsimony, and went away in the stagecoach; nor did his friends expect to hear from him till he informed them ...

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