- strictest
- strɪkt adj. severe, demanding, harsh; literal, narrow, rigid; explicit, exact; absolute, complete
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Strictest — Strict Strict, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.] 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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strict — [[t]strɪ̱kt[/t]] ♦♦♦ stricter, strictest 1) ADJ GRADED A strict rule or order is very clear and precise or severe and must always be obeyed completely. The officials had issued strict instructions that we were not to get out of the jeep... French … English dictionary
