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Definition of Strict

1. Adjective. Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. "A strict vegetarian"

2. Adjective. (of rules) stringently enforced. "Hard-and-fast rules"

3. Adjective. Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.

4. Adjective. Incapable of compromise or flexibility.

5. Adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands. "Strict standards"

Definition of Strict

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

Definition of Strict

1. Adjective. Strained; drawn close; tight. ¹

2. Adjective. Tense; not relaxed. ¹

3. Adjective. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice. ¹

4. Adjective. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous. ¹

5. Adjective. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted. ¹

6. Adjective. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. ¹

7. Adjective. Severe in discipline. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strict

1. kept within narrow and specific limits [adj STRICTER, STRICTEST] : STRICTLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strict

strich striches strick stricken stricken through strickenly strickenness strickenthrough strickle strickled

strickles strickling strickly stricks strict (current term) strict-sense stationary strict implication strict implications strict vegetarian stricter

strictest striction strictions strictly strictly better strictly decreasing function strictly decreasing functions strictly increasing function

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