strictly
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈstrɪktli/
:
exclusivamente
- What's Good is a weekly news show strictly about good news.
- strictly confidential
- strictly prohibited
- strictly limited
But not a great start for our strictly Apple experience.
- But not a great start for our strictly Apple experience.
- I have not been in like a strictly romance mood.
- I mean, I came out here strictly to dance when I left school.
- And so it's not all strictly genetics.
- And I did that strictly on one thing, innovation.
- They wake up strictly nocturnal, yes.
- And yet there is plenty about the channel that isn't strictly education.
- Otherwise I'm strictly dating and cooking.
- All you want is strictly tickets for your mates.
- But I want you all to know, you get this show strictly because of the momentum, India.
Examples
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The committee made its decision strictly based on the evidence presented.
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So we're talking strictly games on my phone.
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What we got on that court... it's strictly business.
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Let's keep it strictly business, shall we?
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I'm strictly a solo act, if you can dig that.
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The purchase of human articles from the gopher underground... is strictly prohibited.
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For better or worse, he is strictly an organization man, a bureaucrat, and not an ideologue.
Fiction book (1995) -
The regime judged the lawfulness of the student protests strictly according to the regulations.
Academic text (1992) -
This course is strictly for beginners with no prior experience required.
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The rules apply strictly to all participants with no exceptions.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The single person or thing of its kind
∞
2.2
Completely without leaving anything out
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2.5
Only and not for any other reason
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4.0
Only, not involving anyone or anything else
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3.3
In a way that includes no other people or things
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4.1
In a strict, limited way that allows few exceptions
Idioms
- NSFW
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9.9
A person who is only attracted to men and says this as a joke about themselves
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strictly comes from the Latin strictus 'drawn tight', and it is like the simple word string. Think of rules pulled tight so there is no extra space, so strictly often means 'only' or 'exclusively'.