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