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Synonyms for stringently


Grammar : Adv
Spell : strin-juhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrɪn dʒənt



Définition of stringently

Origin :
  • c.1600, "astringent," especially with reference to taste, from Latin stringentem (nominative stringens), present participle of stringere "to compress, contract, bind or draw tight" (see strain). Of regulations, procedures, etc., 1846.
  • As in strictly : adv rigidly
Example sentences :
  • Faithfully and stringently carried out, it might have saved the South.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • The prohibition was stringently, indeed at one time, ruthlessly, enforced.
  • Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
  • The elk are in danger of becoming extinct if they are not stringently guarded.
  • Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
  • Contrary to wont, the ban against Spinoza was stringently enforced, to keep young people from his heresies.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • All admit that the unfair competitive methods described in an earlier part of this chapter should be stringently prohibited.
  • Extract from : « Distributive Justice » by John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
  • Nevertheless the temptation to inflate capital will exist until the device is stringently prohibited by law.
  • Extract from : « Distributive Justice » by John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
  • I had felt this necessity once before, be it remembered, but never so stringently, so morbidly as now.
  • Extract from : « Miriam Monfort » by Catherine A. Warfield
  • Any pieces showing unmistakable signs of what are regarded as defects should be stringently rejected.
  • Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
  • On the other hand, when once such a marriage-contract had been drawn up, its inviolability was stringently secured.
  • Extract from : « History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery » by L.W. King and H.R. Hall
  • It was, in fact, a purely technical accomplishment based wholly139 on the most stringently empirical research.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

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