Dictionary Entry
strict
strict is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
- 2adjective
Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
- 3adjective
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
- 4adjective
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
- 5adjective
Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
- 6adjective
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- 7adjective
severe and unremitting in making demands
"an exacting instructor"
"a stern disciplinarian"
- 8adjective
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
"rigorous application of the law"
"a strict vegetarian"
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- 9adjective
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
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- 10adjective
incapable of compromise or flexibility
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- 11adjective
(of rules) stringently enforced
"hard-and-fast rules"
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