strict

/stɹɪkt/

Strained; drawn close; tight.

strict embrace

Tense; not relaxed.

strict fiber

Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

to keep strict watch

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

very strict in observing the Sabbath

Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

to understand words in a strict sense

Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

Severe in discipline.

It was a very strict lesson.

Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.