strict

strict is an Adverb

Definition:

[1] Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.

[2] Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.

[3] Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton.

[4] Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." Milton.

[5] Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.

[6] Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.