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Strict Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Strict? [adj] severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [adj] rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" [adj] unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" [adj] not indulgent; "strict parents" [adj] (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules" [adj] incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonyms \| Synonyms for Strict: demanding \| exact \| exacting \| hard-and-fast \| intolerant \| invariable \| nonindulgent \| rigid \| rigorous \| severe \| spartan \| stern \| unpermissive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Strict: See Also \| Strict In Webster's Dictionary \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.] 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. Usage: {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}. f bottom = bottom

Strict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Strict?

[adj] severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[adj] rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
[adj] unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
[adj] not indulgent; "strict parents"
[adj] (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules"
[adj] incapable of compromise or flexibility

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Strict In Webster's Dictionary

\Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.]
[L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to
strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.]
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.

Usage: {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}.


f bottom = bottom

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