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Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a
strict ligature. |
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Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. |
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Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep
strict watch; to pay strict attention. |
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Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact
rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. |
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Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;
restricted; as, 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. |