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strict
Part of speech: AdverbStrictly.
Part of speech: Noun Part of speech: AdjectiveExacting; severe; as, strict laws; extremely careful and thorough; as, strict honesty; accurate; precise; as, the strict sense of a word; stretched tight.
Usage examples "strict":- They are terrible strict. - "Epistles-from-Pap-Letters-from-the-man-known-as-The-Will-Rogers-of-Indiana", Durham, Andrew Everett.
- I. 80. we see that when thieves acknowledged themselves to the authorities to be such, they were not punished, though a strict watch was set over them. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- There has never been the least departure from the strict line of fact. - "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens.