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STRINGENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Example:
stringent safety measures
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
demanding (requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill)
Derivation:
stringency (conscientious attention to rules and details)
Context examples:
His cold and proud nature was always averse, however, from anything in the shape of public applause, and he bound me in the most stringent terms to say no further word of himself, his methods, or his successes—a prohibition which, as I have explained, has only now been removed.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Jupiter was brought in to help soften the effects of Saturn, which can be stringent.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A great curiosity came on the trustee, to disregard the prohibition and dive at once to the bottom of these mysteries; but professional honour and faith to his dead friend were stringent obligations; and the packet slept in the inmost corner of his private safe.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If you are self-employed or need money to invest in your business, your bank or a venture capitalist will likely give you the funds to start-up or expand, without the often too-stringent terms.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Saturn’s presence at eclipse time reveals you are inclined to have a disciplined approach, and Pluto’s opposition to the moon suggests you might have stringent terms from your lender or venture capitalist.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
