American English pronunciation

How to pronounce strictest

IPA transcription: [st'ɹɪktəst]

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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.