Strict

adjective

/stɹɪkt/

Word Frequency: 14.6

Definitions

1.adjectiveStrained; drawn close; tight.

"strict embrace"

2.adjectiveTense; not relaxed.

"strict fiber"

3.adjectiveExact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

"to keep strict watch"

4.adjectiveGoverned or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

"very strict in observing the Sabbath"

5.adjectiveRigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

"to understand words in a strict sense"

6.adjectiveUpright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

7.adjectiveSevere in discipline.

"It was a very strict lesson."

8.adjectiveIrreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.