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strictly, adv.|ˈstrɪktlɪ|
[f. strict a. + -ly2.]
†1. In physical sense: Tightly, closely. Obs.
1641G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Sol. viii. i. 29 Thy left Arme for my Pillow plac'd, And stricktly with thy right embrac'd. 1714Young Force of Relig. ii, Her lord and father, for a moment's space, She strictly folded in her soft embrace. [1871Tennyson Last Tourn. 653 The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.]
Comb. (fig.)1648J. Beaumont Psyche xxi. lii, Nothing is lac'd so strictly-strait into It self, as this immeasurable Nature.
2. With reference to confinement or custody, watch or guard, a siege, etc.: Closely, narrowly, rigorously, vigilantly.
1608Shakes. Per. ii. v. 8 She hath so strictly Tyed her to her Chamber. 1638Mayne Lucian (1664) 170 The gates were strictlier kept, and no man was any more permitted to enter into the house. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 Feb. 1649, Paris being now strictly besieged by the Prince de Condé. 1764H. Walpole Otranto iii, He ordered some of his attendants to carry Theodore to the top of the Black Tower and guard him strictly. 1892Lady F. Verney Verney Mem. I. i. 4 A door less likely to be strictly guarded than the other issues.
3. a. With reference to commands, obligation, etc.: Rigorously, stringently; with insistence on exact performance, execution, or obedience. Cf. straitly a. 5.
1487Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 54, I therfore on the kinges behalfe strictly charg you,..that ye [etc.]. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. i. 17, I may not suffer you to visit them, The King hath strictly charg'd the contrary. 1710Felton Diss. Classics (1718) 41 For which Reason the Celebrated Dr. Busby strictly forbad the Use of Notes. 1828Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 149, I am strictly ordered to keep out of the evening damp and cold. 1833H. Coleridge Biog. Borealis, Marvell 12 The publication of debates was at that time..really and strictly forbidden.
b. With strict provisions; by strict enactment.
1651G. W. Cowel's Inst. 189 He who hath a Fee-tail in his owne, or Fee-simple in anothers Right,..is tied a little more strictly. 1706T. Vernon Chanc. Cases (1728) II. 552 In a Court of Equity the Trust ought to have been strictly pursued. 1827W. F. Cornish Ess. Doctr. Remainders 19 The court will generally order the lands to be settled strictly. 1907J. H. Patterson Man-Eaters of Tsavo xviii. 191 The whole of this country..is now a strictly protected Game Reserve.
4. With reference to punishment, judgement, rule, etc.: Rigorously, unsparingly, severely.
1602W. S. Thomas Ld. Cromwell i. iii. 41 And to deale strictly with such a one as he, Better seuere then too much lenitie. 1607Beaum. & Fl. Woman-Hater iv. i, I wish those of my bloud that doe offend, Should be more strictly punisht, then my foes. 1625Milton Death fair Infant 33 Could Heav'n for pittie thee so strictly doom? 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 98 These laws, though they had not, except when there was supposed to be some peculiar danger, been strictly executed. 1876–89Bridges Growth of Love xx, God's love to win is easy, for He loveth Desire's fair attitude, nor strictly weighs The broken thing.
5. With rigid and exact adherence to a plan, regulation, etc.; with complete and literal observance of a rule or enactment. Also, according to a strict standard of life, obligation, etc.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §19 It is..meete that the strength of mens deedes and the instruments which declare the same should strictlie depend vpon diuers solemnities. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. Golden Grove, Summer xxvi. 338 But while they talk as if they did not need to live strictly, many of them live so strictly as if they did not beleeve so foolishly. 1712Steele Spect. No. 298 ⁋2 Many of the most strictly virtuous. 1805Wordsw. Ode to Duty 32 But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. 1826Art Brewing (ed. 2) 87 Cases may occur, when..the admixture of chalybeate tonics..ought to be strictly avoided. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 174 Not only were the intentions of the court strictly concealed, but [etc.]. 1854Poultry Chron. I. 213/2 Unless these regulations be strictly complied with.
6. a. With unrelaxed care or attention to detail; without letting particulars escape notice; narrowly, closely, exactly.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 390 [He] sent a Guide with me..to view the Mountayne more strictly. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos., Periander (1687) 49/1 Periander said, it was not possible but that he should say something more, and pressed him more strictly. a1700Evelyn Diary 12 Sept. 1641, Where our names were taken and our persons examin'd very strictly. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xv. (1840) 258 One of our men looking a little more strictly than the rest, thought he saw the head of one of the Indians. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 122 It is preceded by an explanatory advertisement, that was either dictated, or strictly revised by the Dean himself. 1796F. Burney Camilla II. 360 Tell me, and ask yourself strictly, would you change with Indiana? 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 54 It is evident that Ferns must be excluded from the cellular department, if structure is to be strictly attended to.
b. Qualifying an adjective, adverb, or equivalent phrase: In the strict sense of the word (or words).
1764Dodsley Leasowes in Shenstone's Wks. (1777) II. 294 A..wild and romantic appearance of water, and at the same time strictly natural. 1799Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Poet's T. (ed. 2) I. 48 [He was] not strictly handsome, yet winning. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. iv, This was strictly true. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 365 They governed strictly according to law.
c. Qualifying a predication or assertion as a whole = strictly speaking (see 8).
1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. xiv. 238 This whole Member is called the Moving Collar, though the Collar strictly is only the round Hole at a. 1736Butler Anal. i. v. Wks. 1874 I. 88 It is only these inward principles exerted, which are strictly acts of obedience, of veracity, [etc.]. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 344 This sort of acquisition of..an estate tail..is not strictly a descent. 1834K. H. Digby Mores Cath. v. v. 132 For which purpose there was a multitude of minor clerks employed who had not strictly orders. 1885Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 371 The genus Helarctos..strictly embraces but one species, Helarctos malayanus.
7. With respect to resemblance, correspondence, adaptation, and the like: Precisely, exactly; without discrepancy or exception.
1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. xii. 213 Our sacred Poetry, sung in the Cathedrals, is transcribed strictly from the holy Scriptures. 1777Priestley Philos. Necess. iv. 31 As far as we can judge, motives and actions do strictly correspond to each other. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. iii, The first, which strictly resembled her own chair in size and convenience. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 570 The parts are made strictly interchangeable. 1909E. R. Tennant in Expositor Aug. 117 The sinful is strictly correlative with the guilty.
8. With exact use of words; exactly, precisely. Often in the parenthetic phr. strictly speaking or to speak strictly.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. ii. 39 Horace hath (but more strictly) spoke our thoughts. 1639W. Sclater Worthy Commun. 66 That speech..is to be understood in Trope, or sacred Figure, not strictly, and abstractively. 1673S'too him Bayes 92 If this (strictly speaking) be no Quibble. a1722Fountainhall Decis. (1759) I. 11 A fictitious and umbratile kind of treason, and to speak strictly, no treason at all. 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 397 Plants have no digestive apparatus strictly so called. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. I. 13 During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. 1912Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 762 What he describes as the Amorian period, though this name strictly applies only to the last forty-seven years.
9. colloq. (chiefly U.S.). Definitely; exclusively. Phr. strictly for the birds: see bird n. 5 d.
1938,1945[see Mickey Mouse 2]. 1947[see model n. 7 e]. 1951[see man-hungry s.v. man n.1 20]. 1977Amer. Speech 1975 L. 67 Strictly.., absolutely, honestly, sincerely, definitely. ‘My teacher is handsome, strictly!’ |