STRICT

a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
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Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.

3.
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Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton.

4.
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Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." Milton.

5.
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Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.

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

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