what does strict mean?
STRICT as ADJECTIVE
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- severe and unremitting in making demands
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- an exacting instructor
- a stern disciplinarian
- strict standards
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- rigidly accurate
- allowing no deviation from a standard
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- rigorous application of the law
- a strict vegetarian
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- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
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- a parent severe to the pitch of hostility- H.G.Wells
- a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien
- a strict disciplinarian
- a Spartan upbringing
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- incapable of compromise or flexibility
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- (of rules) stringently enforced
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