About The Word Strict
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Strict
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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}.
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