strictly

English

Etymology

strict +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪktli/

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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.

2. In a limited manner; only
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

     This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

3. In a narrow or limited sense.

   That term refers strictly to smaller birds.

4. (mathematics) In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function

Derived terms

• strictly better
• strictly decreasing function
• strictly dickly
• strictly increasing function
• strictly proper
• strictly speaking

 

Translations

in a strict manner

• Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno), стриктно (bg) (striktno)
• Dutch: strikt (nl), streng (nl)
• French: strictement (fr)
• Italian: strettamente (it), severamente (it), rigidamente (it)
• Malayalam: കർശനമായി (kaṟśanamāyi)
• Middle English: narowly
• Polish: surowo (pl)
• Portuguese: estritamente
• Russian: стро́го (ru) (strógo)
• Spanish: estrictamente (es), terminantemente (es)
• Swedish: strikt (sv)

in a limited manner

• Bulgarian: ограничено (bg) (ograničeno)
• Dutch: strikt (nl)
• Italian: prettamente (it), propriamente (it), assolutamente (it)
• Polish: tylko (pl), wyłącznie (pl)

in a narrow or limited sense

• Dutch: strikt (nl), strikt genomen
• Italian: esclusivamente (it), tassativamente (it)
• Polish: dokładnie (pl), sensu stricto (pl), stricte (pl), ściśle (pl)
• Portuguese: estritamente