Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivestrictly maintained; not subject to variation
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adjective(of rules) stringently enforced
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Origin
First attested 1867, originally of a ship on shore.
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Catalan rigorós
- rigorósstrictly maintained
Finnish ehdoton
- ehdotonstrictly maintained
French strict, absolu
- strictstrictly maintained
- absolustrictly maintained
- qui ne tolère pas d'exceptionstrictly maintained
Greek απαράβατος
- απαράβατος (aparávatos)strictly maintained
Polish żelazny
- żelaznystrictly maintained
Portuguese estrito, rígido
- estritostrictly maintained
- rígidostrictly maintained
- rigorosostrictly maintained
Russian строгий, твердый
- строгий (strogij)strictly maintained
- твердый (tverdyj)strictly maintained
- строгое правило (strogoje pravilo)strictly maintained
Spanish estricto, rígido
- estrictostrictly maintained
- rígidostrictly maintained
Swedish benhård, fastslagen
- benhårdstrictly maintained
- fastslagenstrictly maintained
- järnhårdstrictly maintained
- orubbligstrictly maintained
Cite this entry
APA
hard-and-fast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-and-fast
MLA
“hard-and-fast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-and-fast. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard-and-fast,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-and-fast.
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