Strict (a.) |
Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. |
Strict (a.) |
Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. |
Strict (a.) |
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. |
Strict (a.) |
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. |
Strict (a.) |
Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. |
Strict (a.) |
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. |
Strict Synonyms |
Hard-and-fast, Invariable |
Strict Synonyms |
Nonindulgent, Disciplinary, Disciplinal, Blue, Puritanic, Monkish, Austere, Renunciant, Self-disciplined, Renunciative, Self-restraining, Abstemious, Self-denying, Spartan, Puritan, Severe, Puritanical, Stern, Self-abnegating, Corrective |
Strict Synonyms |
Rigid, Intolerant |
Strict Synonyms |
Rigorous, Exact |
Strict Synonyms |
Stern, Demanding, Exacting |