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strictly
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strictly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial strictly has 3 senses
- strictly(r = adv.all) purely - restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"
- strictly(r = adv.all) stringently - in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled"
- strictly(r = adv.all) rigorously - in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
strictly, adv.
1 in a strict manner.
2 (also strictly speaking) applying words in their strict sense (he is, strictly, an absconder).
3 esp. US colloq. definitely.
1 in a strict manner.
2 (also strictly speaking) applying words in their strict sense (he is, strictly, an absconder).
3 esp. US colloq. definitely.
THESAURUS
strictly
absolutely, accurately, austerely, conscientiously, dead, definitely, directly, even, exactingly, exactly, expressly, exquisitely, faithfully, fussily, grimly, harshly, in all respects, in detail, in every respect, ipsissimis verbis, just, literally, literatim, meticulously, minutely, nicely, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, punctiliously, punctually, refinedly, right, rigidly, rigorously, ruggedly, scrupulously, severely, square, squarely, sternly, straight, stringently, to the letter, toughly, undeviatingly, unerringly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, with exactitude, with great nicety, with precision, word by word, word for word
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