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ˈover-ˈstrict, a. [over- 28.] Too strict.
1607–12Bacon Ess., Counsel (Arb.) 320 Where there hath bene, either an overgreatnesse in one [Counsellor], or an over-strict Combinacion in diuerse. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. 147 The fear of being accounted over-strict, methodistical, puritanical or what not. So ˈover-ˈstrictly adv.; ˈover-ˈstrictness.
a1653Gouge Comm. Heb. i. 6 (1655) 50 A faithfull Interpreter stands not overstrictly upon the letter. Ibid. xii. 25. 366 Misconceit of the over-strictnesse of the Gospel, terming it ‘cords’, ‘bonds’. 1818–60Whately Commpl. Bk. (1864) 179 Over-strictness may have led to a rebellious reaction. |