adjective#3,761 by frequency
strict
/stɹɪkt/
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular
- comparative
- stricter
- superlative
- strictest
Meanings
- 1
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular
My parents are very strict.
Tatoeba · Shishir · CC BY 2.0 FR
Our teacher is very strict.
Tatoeba · araneo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Strained; drawn close; tight
- 3
Tense; not relaxed
- 4
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous
- 5
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted
- 6
Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clustersrare
- 7
Severe in disciplinerare
- 8
Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexiverare