strictest

Adjective

strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)

1. Strained; drawn close; tight.
   • strict embrace

   Synonyms:

   taut, tensioned, nonslack, strained, stretched, tense, tight

2. Tense; not relaxed.
   • strict fiber
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
   • to keep strict watch

   Synonyms:

   correct, dead on, thorough, accurate, careful, surgical, comprehensive, solicitous, conscientious, exhaustive

4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
   • they are very strict in observing the Sabbath

   Synonyms:

   nice, precise, puritanical

5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
   • to understand words in a strict sense

   Synonyms:

   narrow, proper

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

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