Adjective

(en adjective)

Stiff, rather than flexible.

Fixed, rather than moving.

* 2011 ,David Foster Wallace, The Pale King ,Penguin Books, page 5:

A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.

Rigorous and unbending.

Uncompromising.

Adjective

(er)

Strained; drawn close; tight.

strict embrace

strict ligature

Tense; not relaxed.

strict fiber

Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.

to keep strict watch

to pay strict attention

Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

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very strict in observing the Sabbath

Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.

to understand words in a strict sense

(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.

Severe in discipline.