strict

About 14.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Strained; drawn close; tight.

   strict embrace

2. adjective Tense; not relaxed.

   strict fiber

3. adjective Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

   to keep strict watch

4. adjective Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

   they are very strict in observing the Sabbath

5. adjective Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

   to understand words in a strict sense

6. adjective Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
7. adjective Severe in discipline.

   Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.

8. adjective Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Similar words

demanding severe hard-and-fast rigid stern rigorous exacting spartan exact invariable

Often followed by

sense liability and rules adherence discipline control observance orders

Word family

stricter strictest strictly strictness strictnesses