Strict

Definition:

  • (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
  • (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
  • (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
  • (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
  • (a.) Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
  • (a.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

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strick vs. strict

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loose vs. strict

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proud vs. strict

emphatic vs. strict

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stong vs. strict

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martinet vs. strict

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meticulous vs. strict

inquisitorious vs. strict

overstraitly vs. strict

sabbatarian vs. strict

serious vs. strict

strict vs. wickedness

angry vs. strict

intense vs. strict

peevish vs. strict

hotheaded vs. strict

hash vs. strict

controlling vs. strict

strait vs. strict

mobile vs. strict

sternly vs. strict

overstrict vs. strict

regimental vs. strict

inexact vs. strict

schoolmarm vs. strict

puritanism vs. strict

scrutinous vs. strict

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severe vs. strict

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procrustean vs. strict

constrict vs. strict

austere vs. strict

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rigid vs. strict

strain vs. strict

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strict vs. stricture

permissive vs. strict

lax vs. strict

lenient vs. strict

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soft vs. strict

proper vs. strict

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