STRICTEST
Adjective
strictest
superlative form of strict: most strict
Source: Wiktionary
STRICT
Strict, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.] Etym: [L. strictus,
p.p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See Strain, and
cf. Strait, a.]
1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict
ligature. Dryden.
2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict
watch; to pay strict attention. Shak.
It shall be still in strictest measure. Milton.
4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules;
severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. "Through
the strict senteries." Milton.
5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as,
to understand words in a strict sense.
6. (Bot.)
Definition: Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the
plants or their flower clusters.
Syn.
– Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.
– Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he
conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he
is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always,
of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle.
And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite
o'erlooked each line. Pope.
Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: -"What words have passed
thy lips, Adam severe!" Milton.
The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. (R. C.
Ch.) See Observance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition