stringent in requirement or control
under strict orders
severe in discipline
a strict teacher
inflexibly maintained or adhered to; complete
strict secrecy
rigorously conforming to rules or standards
a strict teetotaller
narrowly construed; restricted
a strict interpretation of the Act
exact or precise
in the strict sense of the word
strictly adv
strictness noun
[Middle English, in the sense ‘restricted, narrow’, from Latin strictus, past part. of stringere to bind tight]