strict

  1. Adjective.  Strained; drawn close; tight.
  2. Adjective.  Tense; not relaxed.
  3. Adjective.  Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
  4. Adjective.  Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  5. Adjective.  Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  6. Adjective.  (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  7. Adjective.  Severe in discipline.

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