Lexic.us

Definition of Strictly

1. Adverb. Restricted to something. "We talked strictly business"

2. Adverb. In a stringent manner. "Stringently controlled"

3. Adverb. In a rigorous manner. "He had been trained rigorously by the monks"

Definition of Strictly

1. adv. In a strict manner; closely; precisely.

Definition of Strictly

1. Adverb. In a strict manner. ¹

2. Adverb. In a narrow or limited sense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strictly

1. strict [adv] - See also: strict

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strictly

strickled strickles strickling strickly stricks strict strict-sense stationary strict implication strict implications strict vegetarian

stricter strictest striction strictions strictly (current term) strictly better strictly decreasing function strictly decreasing functions strictly increasing function strictly increasing functions

strictly proper strictly speaking strictness strictnesses stricture strictured strictureplasties strictureplasty

Literary usage of Strictly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"IN a paper before the Lehigh Valley Section of the Society,1 the writer described a method for preparing strictly normal, semi- normal, ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by National Collegiate Athletic Association (1906)
"The principles of our Constitution and By-Laws have been strictly enforced by the institutions named above. The effort to make college sport truly amateur ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"WHY THE PEOPLE MAY strictly BE SAID TO GOVERN IN THE UNITED STATES In America the people appoints the legislative and the executive power, and furnishes the ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... its irresistible course; and the effects of its unbounded authority, with the destiny which is probably reserved for it. WHY THE PEOPLE MAY strictly ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1838)
"... of its unbounded authority, with the destiny which is probably reserved for it. WHY THE PEOPLE MAY strictly BE SAID TO GOVERN IN THE UNITED STATES. ..."

6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"WHY THE PEOPLE MAY strictly BE SAID TO GOVERN IN THE UNITED STATES. IN America the people appoints the legislative and the executive power, and furnishes ..."

7. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1841)
"WHY THE PEOPLE MAY strictly BE SAID TO GOVERN IN THE UNITED STATES. IN America the people appoints the legislative and the executive power, and furnishes ..."

8. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"HOW IT CAN BE strictly SAID THAT THE PEOPLE GOVERN IN THE UNITED STATES. IN America, the people appoint the legislative and the executive power, ..."

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