strictly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
strictly/ˈstrɪktli/
▶adverb
- 1 in a strict way.
- 2 with exact or rigid application of words or rules: coconut is not strictly a spice.
■ with no exceptions; completely or absolutely.
■ no more than; purely.
'strictly' also found in these Oxford entries:
agribusiness
- biologism
- bird
- book
- cadge
- cognac
- Dopper
- extern
- factory farming
- gigabit
- gigabyte
- good
- hoi polloi
- Inuit
- lest
- liberal
- marathon
- measure
- megabit
- megabyte
- megaflop
- megapixel
- perseverate
- persevere
- pound
- prescribe
- proper
- redundant
- rigorous
- rugby union
- sensu stricto
- shall
- should
- split infinitive
- subjunctive
- terabyte
- textualist
- tight
- true
- Twelfth Night
- unexceptionable
- unique
- upright
- veristic
- veteran car
- Wahhabi
- whence
