strictly

comparative strictlier · comparative more strictly · superlative strictliest · superlative most strictly

1. In a strict manner.

   He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.

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   “If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.

   2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

2. In a limited manner; only.

   This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

   1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

3. In a narrow or limited sense.

   That term refers strictly to smaller birds.

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   Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.

   2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian

4. mathematicsIn a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function.

1. Strictly Come Dancing, a television show