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• It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.From the entry cave
• That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.From the entry ug
• The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.From the entry bulimic
• A strictly stationary and mixing process with finite expectation satisfies a Law of Large Numbers.From the entry mixing
• Although not strictly in medias res, the film uses flashbacks extensively.From the entry in medias res
• Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.From the entry layman
• Sweets and fats are strictly taboo in my home.From the entry taboo
• They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.From the entry platonic
• Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.From the entry shipment
• Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.From the entry laywoman
• The nonbanking activities of banks are strictly regulated.From the entry nonbanking
• She has a strictly dualist approach to morality.From the entry dualist
• This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.From the entry strictly speaking
• Consensus means "a view or opinion that is generally shared," so expressions such as consensus of opinion are, strictly speaking, tautologies.From the entry strictly speaking
• Throwing it in creeper and then getting out to work alongside is strictly forbidden because it is too dangerous if anything goes wrong.From the entry creeper
• Eva, although perhaps, strictly speaking, not beautiful, was yet bloomingly lovely.2019, Fredrika Bremer, The Home; Or, Life in Sweden. From the entry bloomingly
• Using the general Zhihu website for commercial use is strictly forbidden.2017 December 21, HI-COM, “Zhihu (知乎). It’s just like Quora…except Chinese”, in Medium, archived from the original on 07 May 2023. From the entry Zhihu
• The copyedit may be strictly mechanical or may include stylistic changes.2016, Leslie Vermeer, The Complete Canadian Book Editor, page 35. From the entry copyedit
• He had not been a very nice man, but his unniceness had been, of course, strictly irrelevant.2016, Donald Hamilton, Matt Helm - The Annihilators. From the entry unniceness
• And now she was pitching to him over dinner? ‘Is that standard practice?’ ‘Well, strictly speaking, no.2014, Karen Swan, chapter 21, in The Summer Without You, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 327. From the entry two birds, one stone
• That process is a wandering one, Montalbetti argues, rather than a strictly ortholinear one.2008, Warren F. Motte, Fiction Now: The French Novel in the Twenty-first Century, page 185. From the entry ortholinear
• If you think sailing is strictly a water sport, then you have never heard of land sailing.2008, David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout, Wind Energy, page 17. From the entry land sailing
• It was a pleasant enough presentation, if talkier than strictly necessary.2007 April 24, Allan Kozinn, “Music of the Spheres and the Pain of Earthly Matters”, in New York Times. From the entry talky
• In the Netherlands, the tussenvoegsels strictly speaking are not a part of someone's last name.[2006?], Marc Kuklinski, editor, compiled by Joanne Myrechuck Kuklinski, Monument: Family Histories of Myrechuck, Wanichek, Pitsch…. From the entry tussenvoegsel
• I mean, some little B put in a protest because apparently a pineapple isn't strictly a flower.2003, Gina Riley and Jane Turner, That's Unusual, Sydney: ABC Books, page 153. From the entry b
• These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.2003, Patrick Collinson, Elizabethans. From the entry validly
• Since all anaspideans are strictly herbivorous, many chemical studies revealed typical algal metabolites.2003, Corrado Tringali, Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources, page 606. From the entry anaspidean
• The difference between an association and an aggregation is entirely conceptual and is focused strictly on semantics.2002, Kirk Knoernschild, edited by Addison-Wesley Professional, Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process. From the entry aggregation
• The nonblocking cross-connects may be subdivided into two categories: rearrangeably nonblocking (RNB) and strictly nonblocking (SSNB).2002, Ivan P. Kaminow, Tingye Li, Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV, volume 1, page 361. From the entry rearrangeably
• Stories relating to incestism ones were strictly forbidden during his time.2001, Shiva Dubey, Kumbh City Prayag - Page 127. From the entry incestism
• Rasta music is sometimes played for what the brethren term "heartical" reasons (strictly for pleasure).1998, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William David Spencer, Adrian Anthony McFarlane, Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader, →ISBN, page…. From the entry heartical
• The saying I believe is strictly West Yorkshire, and is to do with the weaver's trade.1997, David Paynter, Clive Upton and J.D.A. Widdowson, Yorkshire Words Today: a glossary of regional dialect, The Yorkshire Dialect…. From the entry pot o' one
• Zostera japonica has a strictly intertidal distribution from plus 4.0 to 8.0 feet MLLW.1997, Thomas M. Niesen, “Quiet-Water Habitats: Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons”, in Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Life of the Pacific…. From the entry MLLW
• For most of the Türk people, forcibly resettled in strictly defined regions, life was hard.1996, D. Sinor, S. G. Klyashtorny, “14. The Türk Empire”, in B. A. Litvinsky, Zhang Guang-da, R. Shabani Samghabadi, editors, History of…. From the entry Türk
• Strictly speaking, it was not a manuscript at all when first discovered, and bore no title.1985, Margaret Atwood, “Historical Notes”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 313. From the entry Gileadean

Meaning of strictly

1. adverb In a strict manner.
2. adverb In a limited manner; only.
3. adverb In a narrow or limited sense.

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Questions about strictly in a sentence

How do you use strictly in a sentence?

Strictly is used as an adverb. For example: “He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.”

What is a short sentence with strictly?

“That term refers strictly to smaller birds.”

What does strictly mean?

Strictly means in a strict manner.