Crossword clues for stricter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait, a.]
Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
--Dryden.Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
--Shak.It shall be still in strictest measure.
--Milton. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. ``Through the strict senteries.''
--Milton.Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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(Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.
Usage: Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always, of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle.
And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line.
--Pope.Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: ``What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!''
--Milton.The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: strict)
Usage examples of "stricter".
He was also CEO of the now-defunct American Automobile Manufacturers Association, which lobbied against stricter fuel emissions standards and fought over trade issues with Japan.
Designori's aggressive and ironic tone became subtler, his formulations stricter and more responsible, his criticism more objective.
Perhaps at that time, when I was your companion and adviser, I should have stayed in your Players' Village a few weeks longer, or handled you somewhat more roughly, subjected you to stricter examination.
They must have very strange customs, if they were even stricter than the cristo-foros.
You never knew which officer would make inspection and some were stricter than others.
But I believe that the patient is more intelligent, and much stricter in its religious self-discipline, than the Parents realize.
If they are not willing to do so, then the government should impose stricter controls over them.
Posters are a matter over which landlords could be stricter, both to safeguard the decorations and to prevent such displays.