strict

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Strained; drawn close; tight.

   strict embrace

2. 2
   adj

   Tense; not relaxed.

   strict fiber

3. 3
   adj

   Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

   to keep strict watch

4. 4
   adj

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

   they are very strict in observing the Sabbath

5. 5
   adj

   Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

   to understand words in a strict sense

6. 6
   adj

   Severe in discipline.

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

7. 7
   adj

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

8. 8
   adj

   (of rules) stringently enforced

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.