American English pronunciation
How to pronounce strictest
IPA transcription: [st'ɹɪktəst]
Hear “strictest” pronounced
[st'ɹɪktəst]
Quality: 0.99
[st'ɹɪktəst]
Quality: 0.99
[st'ɹɪktəst]
Quality: 0.99
Adjective
-
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Adjective
-
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
“rigorous application of the law”
“a strict vegetarian”
-
(of rules) stringently enforced
“hard-and-fast rules”
-
incapable of compromise or flexibility
-
severe and unremitting in making demands
“an exacting instructor”
“a stern disciplinarian”
“strict standards”
Usage examples
- In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals.
- A partnership in the strictest sense of the word.
- Thus I am, in the strictest sense, a postcolonial.
- A partnership in the strictest sense of the word.
- A partnership in the strictest sense of the word.
- As such, the court will generally only grant these remedies on the strictest terms.
- The strictest orders were given and obeyed.
- The strictest orders were given and obeyed.
- A partnership in the strictest sense of the word.
- A partnership in the strictest sense of the word.