adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be strictly/expressly/absolutely etc forbidden
▪ Alcohol is strictly forbidden in Saudi Arabia.
be strictly/rigorously enforced
▪ The new parking restrictions will be strictly enforced.
not strictly correct (=not correct according to some standards)
▪ The grammar in this sentence is not strictly correct.
not strictly/entirely/completely accurate
▪ The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate not exactly accurate.
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strictly confidential (=completely confidential)
▪ The information will be regarded as strictly confidential .
strictly illegalformal (= completely illegal - used for emphasis)
▪ Phone tapping is strictly illegal.
strictly speaking
▪ Strictly speaking, the tomato is a fruit.
strictly/expressly/explicitly etc forbid
▪ The law strictly forbids racial or sexual discrimination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
▪ Perceptions need not be strictly accurate.
▪ To be strictly accurate, there are two Wolvertons, Old and New.
▪ To be strictly accurate about it, they are mostly very reliable once they are up and running properly.
▪ So Tite's evidence at the inquest was not strictly accurate.
▪ Interestingly, this view of personality and behaviour is not strictly accurate.
comparable
▪ But the theories are not strictly comparable, and their strengths and weaknesses are not necessarily obvious.
▪ Thirdly, even within a particular denomination, the official figures may not be strictly comparable over time.
▪ The data which they provide are thus not strictly comparable.
confidential
▪ The findings are strictly confidential and we do not know if these athletes were allowed to compete.
▪ The questionnaire itself is strictly confidential.
▪ All personal details are treated as strictly confidential and remain on computer file.
▪ The information will be regarded as strictly confidential.
limited
▪ In relative terms, Britain was shown to be a middle-ranking power with her ability to take independent military action strictly limited.
▪ We saw in Chapter 6 that fixed-term contracts offer one, strictly limited, means of contracting out of statutory rights.
▪ She knew their offers of support were perfectly genuine and of strictly limited extent.
▪ Only archaeologists and scholars are allowed to visit now, in small, strictly limited groups.
▪ She now gave piano lessons, on a strictly limited basis, to suitable children.
▪ The remainder of the formal powers of the monarchy are strictly limited.
▪ Such a person manages the curriculum in an important but strictly limited way by affecting the conditions within which it is delivered.
necessary
▪ Although it is not strictly necessary, most work is done with stimuli that vary sinusoidally in space or time.
▪ It is not, of course, strictly necessary to take this interpretation.
▪ The Employment Service should always ask employers seeking to impose age restrictions on recruitment if these are strictly necessary.
▪ A Sweeter Lazarus was better written than strictly necessary.
▪ It was almost a year before it was strictly necessary and at the time there were voices advising delay.
▪ To tell the truth, I continued to use the stick for longer than was strictly necessary.
▪ It's not strictly necessary, is it?
▪ Try thinking of a single international agreement that countries have made more strenuous efforts than were strictly necessary to implement.
speaking
▪ That, he said, was, strictly speaking, inconceivable.
▪ Not strictly speaking, because the wedding was in a register office, and you don't have a best man.
▪ Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms.
▪ Kant answers the first questions by contending that we can not strictly speaking know that there is such a moral law.
▪ This means that, strictly speaking, so-called outer perception is not really perception at all.
▪ He has many opportunities to personify the government or, strictly speaking, to be presented as its spokesman.
▪ Although business gifts are not strictly speaking sales promotions, they are relevant to this section.
▪ These usages have given rise to philosophical views as to the nature, strictly speaking, of causes and effects.
true
▪ Which wasn't strictly true, at least not in Luke Travis's definition.
▪ That sounds contradictory, but it is strictly true.
▪ She told herself she was glad to see the back of him, but it was not strictly true.
▪ This will not always be strictly true.
▪ Nice, but not strictly true.
▪ It's not strictly true, but close enough for the news.
▪ This is not strictly true on two counts.
▪ Though that was not strictly true.
■ VERB
adhere
▪ The closing dates were strictly adhered to by the Office of Works.
▪ The women were incensed, since they adhere strictly to the laws concerning MIKve after menstruation.
▪ The two-tier principle was strictly adhered to in the 1972 Act even when there seemed little justification for itin particular circumstances.
▪ Authors adhere strictly to a formula provided by the publishers.
▪ An inquiry is now under way to find out if the rules were strictly adhered to in Mrs Allen's case.
▪ The information desk was manned throughout the weekend, the timetable was strictly adhered to and everyone benefited from the efficiency.
▪ In the original battle plans, which were to be strictly adhered to, ten minutes were allocated for the raid.
▪ Whether it has always been strictly adhered to by magistrates and the police is, of course, another matter.
control
▪ In practice, however, and particularly for the first years, what happened in labs was strictly controlled by the department.
▪ Rents were again strictly controlled, and empty houses were requisitioned.
▪ The operation will be strictly controlled to avoid any further risks.
▪ Fares were strictly controlled by international agreement.
▪ The Soviet authorities strictly controlled all telecommunications.
▪ Where building materials are more strictly controlled.
▪ Food was also strictly controlled and no sweets or biscuits were allowed in rooms.
▪ The Government said that strictly controlled licences would be awarded to farms outside the foot and mouth exclusion zones.
define
▪ Labouring poets are thus strictly defined by their handicaps.
▪ Needs have been defined strictly within the context of the catalogue system itself.
enforce
▪ Space on the ground in the narrow paddock is limited by strictly enforced rules.
▪ But a return to a strictly enforced standard becomes more and more difficult as the gap between generations widens.
▪ Now that the war is almost over, Moscow's information embargo is less strictly enforced.
▪ A legal ban on the hunting of wildlife is not strictly enforced.
▪ Even headmen not in league with cattle thieves had little interest in strictly enforcing the regulations.
forbid
▪ Mrs Berzins, who remembered herself as a young woman, did not strictly forbid her to go.
▪ He had found the porter visiting the superintendent nurse in her room, a form of social exchange that was strictly forbidden.
▪ Although we have been strictly forbidden to enter the shed, my sister and I spend a lot of time in here.
▪ In some cultures eye contact between men and women is strictly forbidden outside the immediate family.
▪ The pentecostal faith strictly forbids drunkenness, carousing, and infidelity.
▪ Adam, as a child, had been strictly forbidden ever to go in there.
▪ The Agrarian Code of 1922 strictly forbade the sale of land and the granting of mortgages.
keep
▪ Financial segregation: Items of account must be kept strictly identifiable with the user department.
▪ We travelled clandestinely by helicopter one evening and kept strictly to ourselves what we saw there.
▪ This task is actually easier outside the old hierarchical corporate structure, where information was compartmentalized and unrelated contexts kept strictly separate.
limit
▪ Where lordship was strong, as in Paris, the degree of self-government was strictly limited.
▪ He might also try to strictly limit the amount of time he spends there by scheduling other activities around his drinking.
▪ Such a design also strictly limits the size of ganglia and brains.
▪ Arizona public records indicate those communications were not limited strictly to state business.
▪ They have been allowed, however, to publish their own newsletters and bulletins, but their circulation has been strictly limited.
▪ Only this strictly limited interpretation, intended to affirm obedience as the main point, was fostered by the palace.
▪ It is strictly limited to 15,000, and each plate is individually numbered on the reverse.
▪ Special searches within strictly limited areas are a useful service component.
regulate
▪ Transport arrangements within the market are strictly regulated.
▪ In both cases, the total expenditure on advanced further education could be strictly regulated.
▪ Busy, yes, but since everything is strictly regulated, there's bed-space for nearly everyone.
▪ Within these councils, social services were strictly regulated.
remain
▪ Unfortunately, that turf remains strictly in the middle of the road.
▪ It was strange how fascinating he was becoming to her, against her own wish that their relationship should remain strictly businesslike.
speak
▪ Where there is such an approved standard it is, strictly speaking not mandatory for the manufacturer to comply with it.
▪ However, this formulation is, according to social representation theory, strictly speaking inaccurate.
▪ They too join in, even though, strictly speaking, they weren't invited.
▪ The Demoiselles is not, strictly speaking, a Cubist painting.
▪ Monophony Strictly speaking, monophonic music is a single melodic line, without harmony or even octaves.
▪ Two typical para-relations are para-hyponymy and para-incompatibility. Strictly speaking, these are both varieties of compatibility.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be (strictly) for the birds
▪ The Easter Fete was for the birds, Timothy Gedge said.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I play the piano strictly for fun.
▪ Local driving regulations are strictly enforced.
▪ Martha and Joan kept strictly to their part of the house.
▪ Some people objected, but it was all strictly legal.
▪ The immigration laws have been strictly implemented.
▪ The work is strictly on a volunteer basis.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A Sweeter Lazarus was better written than strictly necessary.
▪ But Weaver's unusually modern sensibilities mark this novel strictly for the tourist market.
▪ He completely disregarded strictly enforced social conventions and religious restrictions in order to contact the outcasts of society.
▪ Mrs Berzins, who remembered herself as a young woman, did not strictly forbid her to go.
▪ The closing dates were strictly adhered to by the Office of Works.
▪ The pentecostal faith strictly forbids drunkenness, carousing, and infidelity.
▪ Where lordship was strong, as in Paris, the degree of self-government was strictly limited.