Adjective, : a strict observance of rituals. ,strict laws; a strict judge. ,strict silence. ,a strict statement of facts. ,a strict construction of the Constitution. ,a strict search. ,told in strict confidence. ,strict parents. From Dictionary.com.
He attacks both the overstrict and the overloose methods of translation: the brake. From Wordnik.com. [Early Theories of Translation] Reference
He was so afraid of spoiling his daughters, of being overindulgent and having them grow up to be selfish, bad-mannered ladies that sometimes he felt he was overstrict. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
But such as keep overstrict to the law, and (according to custom) omit not a conjunction, rhetoricians blame for using a dull, flat, tedious style, without any variety in it. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
In military affairs he was said to be overstrict in discipline; this from those who had served under him in former wars. From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Scout] Reference
These ladies were bound to be overstrict in something or other, being just a little lax in certain things where other ladies are strict. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference
In the exercise of their power, they were sometimes over-lenient, but oftener overstrict, and docked the operatives on every opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina] Reference
He was overstrict for the times even in England, where his subjects almost learned, before he died, to regret the anarchy of his father's reign. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante)] Reference
Van Twiller was a good-natured, corpulent, wine-bibbing Dutchman, loose of life, and not overstrict in principle, and with a slow, irresolute mind. From Wordnik.com. [II. The Dutch Town under the First Three Directors. 1626-1647.] Reference
But maybe this is an overstrict rule for the majority of us who are much too fond of embellishments and display -- the rouge and powder of high art. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Garden] Reference
The theory behind the push, according to the report, is tied up with Microsoft's overstrict definition of "netbook", as gleaned from Windows 7 Starter Edition's alleged maximum specs. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
It is true that the perpetrators of this foul crime against humanity and Heaven have been driven by the indignation of outraged decency to seek a lurking place in the far-off wilderness of the Western territories; yet the foul odors from this festering sore are daily becoming more and more putrescent, and in spite of the distance, are contaminating the already not overstrict morals of the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Facts for Old and Young] Reference
It is true that the perpetrators of this foul crime against humanity and Heaven have been driven by the indignation of outraged decency to seek a lurking place in the far-off wilderness of the Western territories; yet the foul odors from this festering sore are daily becoming more and more putrescent, and in spite of the distance, are contaminating, the already not overstrict morals of the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
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