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strictly

/ˈstɹɪktli/

strictly adverb: in a strict manner.

Adverb

strictly (comparative strictlier or more strictly, superlative strictliest or most strictly)

  1. In a strict manner.
    • He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.
    • “If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. In a limited manner; only
    • This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
  3. In a narrow or limited sense.
    • That term refers strictly to smaller birds.
    • Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian
  4. In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function

Proper noun capitalized: Strictly

Strictly

  1. Strictly Come Dancing, a television show

strictly meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

strictly in Urdu

تاکیداً

strictly in Bengali

যথাযথভাবে, নিয়ন্ত্রিতভাবে, সীমাবদ্ধভাবে

strictly in Malayalam

in a strict manner
കർശനമായി kaṟśanamāyi

Examples of strictly in a sentence

  • It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.
  • That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.
  • The hospital strictly monitored the advertising materials the bulimics and anorexics were allowed to see.

All 40 example sentences with strictly

Forms of strictly

comparativestrictlier
comparativemore strictly
superlativestrictliest
superlativemost strictly

Origin of strictly

From strict + -ly.

Words formed from strictly

Phrases with strictly

Questions about strictly

What does strictly mean?
Strictly means in a strict manner.
What is strictly in Urdu?
Strictly in Urdu is تاکیداً. See Strictly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is strictly?
Strictly can be an adverb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce strictly?
Strictly is pronounced /ˈstɹɪktli/.

Words near strictly in the dictionary

  1. striction
  2. strictish
  3. strictive
  4. strictlier
  5. strictliest
  6. strictly
  7. strictly better
  8. strictly decreasing
  9. strictly decreasing function
  10. strictly decreasing functions
  11. strictly dickly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strictly (page history and authors); Strictly (page history and authors); strictly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strictly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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