strictlyadv.

/ˈstrɪktli/

Etymology: < strict adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. In physical sense: Tightly, closely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb] > tightly or closely

narroweOE

straitc1200

straitly1338

sore1377

short1533

nearly1587

strictly1641

snug1674

chock1768

snugly1800

1641 G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Solomon viii. i. 29 Thy left Arme for my Pillow plac'd, And stricktly with thy right embrac'd.

1714 E. Young Force of Relig. ii Her lord and father, for a moment's space, She strictly folded in her soft embrace.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 130 The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.]

In combination (figurative).1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxi. lii. 318 Nothing is lac'd so strictly-strait into It self, as this immeasurable Nature.

2. With reference to confinement or custody, watch or guard, a siege, etc.: Closely, narrowly, rigorously, vigilantly.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb] > closely (of confinement)

narroweOE

strictly1609

closely1634

crampingly1891

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ix. 8 She hath so strictly Tyed her to her Chamber.

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Z1^v The gates were strictlier kept, and no man was any more permitted to enter into the house.

1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii He ordered some of his attendants to carry Theodore to the top of the Black Tower and guard him strictly.

1892 F. P. Verney et al. Mem. Verney Family Civil War I. i. 4 A door less likely to be strictly guarded than the other issues.

a. With reference to commands, obligation, etc.: Rigorously, stringently; with insistence on exact performance, execution, or obedience. Cf. straitly adv. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adverb]

steadfastlya1200

sickerlya1300

strictly1487

obligatorily1570

obligingly1655

1487 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 54 I therfore on the kinges behalfe strictly charg you,..that ye [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. i. 17 I may not suffer you to visit them, The King hath strictly [1597 straightlie] charg'd the contrary.

1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 56 For which Reason the Celebrated Dr. BUSBY strictly forbad the Use of Notes.

1828 J. Foster Let. 15 Dec. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 149 I am strictly ordered to keep out of the evening damp and cold.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 12 The publication of debates was at that time..really and strictly forbidden.

b. With strict provisions; by strict enactment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adverb]

straitlyc1290

cruellyc1430

districtly1570

astrictly1584

strictly1651

stringently1866

ironly1895

society > law > [adverb] > with strict provisions

strict1578

strictly1651

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 189 He who hath a Fee-tail in his owne, or Fee-simple in anothers Right,..is tied a little more strictly.

1706 T. Vernon Chancery Cases (1728) II. 552 In a Court of Equity the Trust ought to have been strictly pursued.

1827 W. F. Cornish Ess. Doctr. Remainders 19 The court will generally order the lands to be settled strictly.

1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 191 The whole of this country..is now a strictly protected Game Reserve.

4. With reference to punishment, judgement, rule, etc.: Rigorously, unsparingly, severely.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > strictly or severely of rules, judgement, or discipline

sharplyc900

fasteOE

straitlya1340

severely1548

sickerly1596

severe1599

strictly1602

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]

sternlyc897

sharplyc900

stitha1000

hardlyOE

starklyOE

sterna1175

stithlya1300

hardilyc1300

ruggedlya1382

austerely?a1400

smartlya1400

unsternlya1400

acerbly?a1425

brussly1481

sore1484

shrewdly1490

dourlya1500

severely1548

roundly1567

severe1599

strictly1602

fiercely1611

Draconically1641

rugged1661

1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. A4^v And to deale strictly with such a one as he, Better seuere then too much lenitie.

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iv. i. sig. G2 I wish those of my bloud that doe offend, Should be more strictly punisht, then my foes.

1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant v, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Could Heav'n for pittie thee so strictly doom?

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 98 These laws, though they had not, except when there was supposed to be some peculiar danger, been strictly executed.

1876–89 R. Bridges Growth of Love xx God's love to win is easy, for He loveth Desire's fair attitude, nor strictly weighs The broken thing.

5. With rigid and exact adherence to a plan, regulation, etc.; with complete and literal observance of a rule or enactment. Also, according to a strict standard of life, obligation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb]

straitlyc1290

holilyc1374

strait1390

unpartingly1435

ritelyc1475

religiously1534

heedfully1561

rigorouslya1564

heedily1577

officiously1582

strictly1597

punctually1598

ritually1612

unadulterously1643

observantially1652

righteously1748

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conformably > strictly

precisely1526

strictly1597

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 148 It is..meete that the strength of mens deedes and the instruments which declare the same should strictlie depend vpon diuers solemnities.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove: Summer xxvi. 338 But while they talk as if they did not need to live strictly, many of them live so strictly as if they did not beleeve so foolishly.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 298. ⁋2 Many of the most strictly virtuous.

1805 W. Wordsworth Ode to Duty 32 But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may.

1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 87 Cases may occur, when..the admixture of chalybeate tonics..ought to be strictly avoided.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 174 Not only were the intentions of the court strictly concealed, but [etc.].

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 213/2 Unless these regulations be strictly complied with.

a. With unrelaxed care or attention to detail; without letting particulars escape notice; narrowly, closely, exactly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail

narrowlyeOE

narrowOE

wellOE

busilyc1225

inwardly?c1225

closely1509

nearly1540

near1560

searchingly1574

nicely1597

exactly1612

strictly1632

close1642

pressly1642

scrutinously1650

minutely1690

scrupulously1712

tightly1758

keenly1824

slippery1828

meticulously1961

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 390 [He] sent a Guide with me..to view the Mountayne more strictly.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 97 Periander said, it was not possible but that hee should say something more, and pressed him more strictly.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 58 Where our names were taken, and our Persons examin'd very strictly.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 254 One of our Men looking a little more strictly than the rest, thought he saw the Head of one of the Indians.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 122 It is preceded by an explanatory advertisement, that was either dictated, or strictly revised by the Dean himself.

1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. v. 360 Tell me, and ask yourself strictly, would you change with Indiana?

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 54 It is evident that Ferns must be excluded from the cellular department, if structure is to be strictly attended to.

b. Qualifying an adjective, adverb, or equivalent phrase: In the strict sense of the word (or words).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adverb]

literally1579

Nicodemically1647

technicallya1652

properly1674

strictly1764

1764 R. Dodsley Leasowes in W. Shenstone Wks. (1777) II. 294 A..wild and romantic appearance of water, and at the same time strictly natural.

1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 48 [He was] not strictly handsome, yet winning.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 26 This was strictly true.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 365 They governed strictly according to law.

c. Qualifying a predication or assertion as a whole = strictly speaking at sense 8.

ΚΠ

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 238 This whole Member is called the Moving Collar, though the Collar strictly is only the round Hole at a.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 82 It is only these inward Principles exerted, which are strictly Acts of Obedience, of Veracity, [etc.].

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 450 This sort of acquisition of..an estate tail..is not strictly a descent.

1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. v. 132 For which purpose there was a multitude of minor clerks employed who had not strictly orders.

1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 371 The genus Helarctos..strictly embraces but one species, Helarctos malayanus.

7. With respect to resemblance, correspondence, adaptation, and the like: Precisely, exactly; without discrepancy or exception.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in accordance with original

faithfullyc1425

sincerely1560

exactly1662

strictly1763

realistically1846

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 213 Our sacred Poetry, sung in the Cathedrals, is transcribed strictly from the holy Scriptures.

1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity iv. 31 As far as we can judge, motives and actions do strictly correspond to each other.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 88 The first, which strictly resembled her own chair in size and convenience.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 570 The parts are made strictly interchangeable.

1909 E. R. Tennant in Expositor Aug. 117 The sinful is strictly correlative with the guilty.

8. With exact use of words; exactly, precisely. Often in the parenthetic phrase strictly speaking or to speak strictly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly

rightlyeOE

rightOE

faithfullyc1425

preciselya1513

justlya1538

verbatim1566

strictly1602

exactly1662

correctlya1704

prezactly1835

sensu stricto1849

perzactly1850

'zackly1886

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb] > accurately

strictly1602

unerringly1645

in strictness of speech, of law1648

sensu stricto1849

stricto sensu1931

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. ii. sig. K3^v Horace hath (but more strictly) spoke our thoughts.

1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 66 That speech..is to be understood in Trope, or sacred Figure, not strictly, and abstractively.

1673 S'too him Bayes 92 If this (strictly speaking) be no Quibble.

a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 11 A fictitious and umbratile kind of treason, and to speak strictly, no treason at all.

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 397 Plants have no digestive apparatus strictly so called.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 13 During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history.

1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 762 What he describes as the Amorian period, though this name strictly applies only to the last forty-seven years.

9. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Definitely; exclusively. Phr. strictly for the birds: see bird n. Phrases 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately

certainlyc1460

determinably1487

determinatelya1535

punctually1570

signanter1579

definitely1581

articulately1649

signantly1656

sharply1817

strictly1938

1938 Down Beat Apr. 25/2 A strictly ‘mickey mouse’ band is still box office.

1945 Down Beat 1 Sept. 15/1 Strictly mickey mouse is what they [sc. night clubs] advocate, and many of the truly good musicians are forced to play the tripe in order to get work.

1947 Reader's Digest Jan. 119/1 Such simple demands as wages, hours and working conditions are strictly Model T.

1951 J. Cornish Provincials 220 Douglas fell..to a girl described by Bunty as twenty-eight and strictly man-hungry.

1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 67 Strictly.., absolutely, honestly, sincerely, definitely. ‘My teacher is handsome, strictly!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	strictly
释义	strictlyadv. /ˈstrɪktli/ Etymology: < strict adj. + -ly suffix². †1. In physical sense: Tightly, closely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb] > tightly or closely narroweOE straitc1200 straitly1338 sore1377 short1533 nearly1587 strictly1641 snug1674 chock1768 snugly1800 1641 G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Solomon viii. i. 29 Thy left Arme for my Pillow plac'd, And stricktly with thy right embrac'd. 1714 E. Young Force of Relig. ii Her lord and father, for a moment's space, She strictly folded in her soft embrace. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 130 The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.] In combination (figurative).1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xxi. lii. 318 Nothing is lac'd so strictly-strait into It self, as this immeasurable Nature. 2. With reference to confinement or custody, watch or guard, a siege, etc.: Closely, narrowly, rigorously, vigilantly. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb] > closely (of confinement) narroweOE strictly1609 closely1634 crampingly1891 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ix. 8 She hath so strictly Tyed her to her Chamber. View more context for this quotation 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Z1^v The gates were strictlier kept, and no man was any more permitted to enter into the house. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iii He ordered some of his attendants to carry Theodore to the top of the Black Tower and guard him strictly. 1892 F. P. Verney et al. Mem. Verney Family Civil War I. i. 4 A door less likely to be strictly guarded than the other issues. 3. a. With reference to commands, obligation, etc.: Rigorously, stringently; with insistence on exact performance, execution, or obedience. Cf. straitly adv. 5. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adverb] steadfastlya1200 sickerlya1300 strictly1487 obligatorily1570 obligingly1655 1487 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 54 I therfore on the kinges behalfe strictly charg you,..that ye [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. i. 17 I may not suffer you to visit them, The King hath strictly [1597 straightlie] charg'd the contrary. 1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 56 For which Reason the Celebrated Dr. BUSBY strictly forbad the Use of Notes. 1828 J. Foster Let. 15 Dec. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 149 I am strictly ordered to keep out of the evening damp and cold. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 12 The publication of debates was at that time..really and strictly forbidden. b. With strict provisions; by strict enactment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adverb] straitlyc1290 cruellyc1430 districtly1570 astrictly1584 strictly1651 stringently1866 ironly1895 society > law > [adverb] > with strict provisions strict1578 strictly1651 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 189 He who hath a Fee-tail in his owne, or Fee-simple in anothers Right,..is tied a little more strictly. 1706 T. Vernon Chancery Cases (1728) II. 552 In a Court of Equity the Trust ought to have been strictly pursued. 1827 W. F. Cornish Ess. Doctr. Remainders 19 The court will generally order the lands to be settled strictly. 1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 191 The whole of this country..is now a strictly protected Game Reserve. 4. With reference to punishment, judgement, rule, etc.: Rigorously, unsparingly, severely. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > strictly or severely of rules, judgement, or discipline sharplyc900 fasteOE straitlya1340 severely1548 sickerly1596 severe1599 strictly1602 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb] sternlyc897 sharplyc900 stitha1000 hardlyOE starklyOE sterna1175 stithlya1300 hardilyc1300 ruggedlya1382 austerely?a1400 smartlya1400 unsternlya1400 acerbly?a1425 brussly1481 sore1484 shrewdly1490 dourlya1500 severely1548 roundly1567 severe1599 strictly1602 fiercely1611 Draconically1641 rugged1661 1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. A4^v And to deale strictly with such a one as he, Better seuere then too much lenitie. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iv. i. sig. G2 I wish those of my bloud that doe offend, Should be more strictly punisht, then my foes. 1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant v, in Poems (new ed.) 19 Could Heav'n for pittie thee so strictly doom? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 98 These laws, though they had not, except when there was supposed to be some peculiar danger, been strictly executed. 1876–89 R. Bridges Growth of Love xx God's love to win is easy, for He loveth Desire's fair attitude, nor strictly weighs The broken thing. 5. With rigid and exact adherence to a plan, regulation, etc.; with complete and literal observance of a rule or enactment. Also, according to a strict standard of life, obligation, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adverb] straitlyc1290 holilyc1374 strait1390 unpartingly1435 ritelyc1475 religiously1534 heedfully1561 rigorouslya1564 heedily1577 officiously1582 strictly1597 punctually1598 ritually1612 unadulterously1643 observantially1652 righteously1748 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conformably > strictly precisely1526 strictly1597 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 148 It is..meete that the strength of mens deedes and the instruments which declare the same should strictlie depend vpon diuers solemnities. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove: Summer xxvi. 338 But while they talk as if they did not need to live strictly, many of them live so strictly as if they did not beleeve so foolishly. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 298. ⁋2 Many of the most strictly virtuous. 1805 W. Wordsworth Ode to Duty 32 But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. 1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 87 Cases may occur, when..the admixture of chalybeate tonics..ought to be strictly avoided. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 174 Not only were the intentions of the court strictly concealed, but [etc.]. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 213/2 Unless these regulations be strictly complied with. 6. a. With unrelaxed care or attention to detail; without letting particulars escape notice; narrowly, closely, exactly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with scrupulous care or attention to detail narrowlyeOE narrowOE wellOE busilyc1225 inwardly?c1225 closely1509 nearly1540 near1560 searchingly1574 nicely1597 exactly1612 strictly1632 close1642 pressly1642 scrutinously1650 minutely1690 scrupulously1712 tightly1758 keenly1824 slippery1828 meticulously1961 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 390 [He] sent a Guide with me..to view the Mountayne more strictly. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 97 Periander said, it was not possible but that hee should say something more, and pressed him more strictly. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 58 Where our names were taken, and our Persons examin'd very strictly. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 254 One of our Men looking a little more strictly than the rest, thought he saw the Head of one of the Indians. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 122 It is preceded by an explanatory advertisement, that was either dictated, or strictly revised by the Dean himself. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. v. 360 Tell me, and ask yourself strictly, would you change with Indiana? 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 54 It is evident that Ferns must be excluded from the cellular department, if structure is to be strictly attended to. b. Qualifying an adjective, adverb, or equivalent phrase: In the strict sense of the word (or words). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adverb] literally1579 Nicodemically1647 technicallya1652 properly1674 strictly1764 1764 R. Dodsley Leasowes in W. Shenstone Wks. (1777) II. 294 A..wild and romantic appearance of water, and at the same time strictly natural. 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 48 [He was] not strictly handsome, yet winning. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 26 This was strictly true. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 365 They governed strictly according to law. c. Qualifying a predication or assertion as a whole = strictly speaking at sense 8. ΚΠ 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 238 This whole Member is called the Moving Collar, though the Collar strictly is only the round Hole at a. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 82 It is only these inward Principles exerted, which are strictly Acts of Obedience, of Veracity, [etc.]. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 450 This sort of acquisition of..an estate tail..is not strictly a descent. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. v. 132 For which purpose there was a multitude of minor clerks employed who had not strictly orders. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 371 The genus Helarctos..strictly embraces but one species, Helarctos malayanus. 7. With respect to resemblance, correspondence, adaptation, and the like: Precisely, exactly; without discrepancy or exception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in accordance with original faithfullyc1425 sincerely1560 exactly1662 strictly1763 realistically1846 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 213 Our sacred Poetry, sung in the Cathedrals, is transcribed strictly from the holy Scriptures. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity iv. 31 As far as we can judge, motives and actions do strictly correspond to each other. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 88 The first, which strictly resembled her own chair in size and convenience. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 570 The parts are made strictly interchangeable. 1909 E. R. Tennant in Expositor Aug. 117 The sinful is strictly correlative with the guilty. 8. With exact use of words; exactly, precisely. Often in the parenthetic phrase strictly speaking or to speak strictly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > so as to match truth, exactly rightlyeOE rightOE faithfullyc1425 preciselya1513 justlya1538 verbatim1566 strictly1602 exactly1662 correctlya1704 prezactly1835 sensu stricto1849 perzactly1850 'zackly1886 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb] > accurately strictly1602 unerringly1645 in strictness of speech, of law1648 sensu stricto1849 stricto sensu1931 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. ii. sig. K3^v Horace hath (but more strictly) spoke our thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 66 That speech..is to be understood in Trope, or sacred Figure, not strictly, and abstractively. 1673 S'too him Bayes 92 If this (strictly speaking) be no Quibble. a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 11 A fictitious and umbratile kind of treason, and to speak strictly, no treason at all. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 397 Plants have no digestive apparatus strictly so called. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 13 During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. 1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 762 What he describes as the Amorian period, though this name strictly applies only to the last forty-seven years. 9. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Definitely; exclusively. Phr. strictly for the birds: see bird n. Phrases 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately certainlyc1460 determinably1487 determinatelya1535 punctually1570 signanter1579 definitely1581 articulately1649 signantly1656 sharply1817 strictly1938 1938 Down Beat Apr. 25/2 A strictly ‘mickey mouse’ band is still box office. 1945 Down Beat 1 Sept. 15/1 Strictly mickey mouse is what they [sc. night clubs] advocate, and many of the truly good musicians are forced to play the tripe in order to get work. 1947 Reader's Digest Jan. 119/1 Such simple demands as wages, hours and working conditions are strictly Model T. 1951 J. Cornish Provincials 220 Douglas fell..to a girl described by Bunty as twenty-eight and strictly man-hungry. 1977 Amer. 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