Strict

strikt, adj. exact: extremely nice: observing exact rules, regular: severe: restricted, taken strictly: thoroughly accurate: tense, stiff: closely intimate: absolute, unbroken: constricted.— n. Stric′tion .— adv. Strict′ly , narrowly, closely, rigorously, exclusively.— ns. Strict′ne ; Strict′ure ( surg. ), an unnatural contraction, either congenital or acquired, of a mucous canal, such as the urethra, œsophagus, or intestine: an unfavourable criticism: censure: critical remark. [L. strict us , pa.p. of stringĕre , to draw tight. Cf. Strain and Stringent .]