strict

strict
adj
1. narrow, rigid, rigorous, stringent, harsh, illiberal; hard, hard and fast, adamant, inflexible, inexorable, unyielding, uncompromising, hard-nosed.
2. exact, exacting, precise, accurate, faithful, literal; scrupulous, meticulous, conscientious, religious, particular, fussy, fastidious, punctilious.
3. close, careful, detailed, minute, microscopic.
4. abolute, perfect, total, utter, complete.
5. orthodox, fundamentalist, purist, hidebound, creedbound.
6. stern, severe, austere, dour, grim, strait-laced, Inf. tough.

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