adjective
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Strained; drawn close; tight.
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strict embrace
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Tense; not relaxed.
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strict fiber
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Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
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to keep strict watch
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Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
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very strict in observing the Sabbath
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Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
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to understand words in a strict sense
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Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
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Severe in discipline.
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It was a very strict lesson.
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Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.