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strictly

restricted to something we talked strictly business (= stringently) in a stringent manner the laws are stringently enforced stringently controlled (= rigorously) in a rigorous manner he had been trained rigorously by the monks

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Topics strictly topics

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Simple sentences

Strictly speaking, his view differs a little from mine.
Smoking is strictly prohibited.
Brian intends to strictly limit the money he uses.
It was strictly a family affair for Sam Jones.
Smoking is strictly forbidden here.
Strictly speaking, you are wrong.
Strictly speaking, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.
Strictly speaking, his view differs somewhat from mine.
Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.
Strictly speaking, the earth is not round.
Strictly speaking, the bamboo is a kind of grass.
Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.
Strictly speaking, she's not qualified for the job.
This is, strictly speaking, a mistake.
Strictly speaking, the theory is not correct.
Strictly speaking, a tomato is a fruit.
Strictly speaking, his answer is not correct.
Strictly speaking, there were some mistakes in his speech.

Movie subtitles

Look, you're a great lay, but I think we should keep this client-attorney business strictly professional.
This order is strictly confidential.
I beg your pardon, sir but it is strictly against the rules to move the ball.
I was on my way to see you, strictly on business.
This is strictly business.
Oh, signor, with me, strictly business.
I've heard that Doctor Galen strictly refuses to treat the rich.
It is strictly confident for the time being.
But from now on, you will tend strictly to your work and stop writing trash.
You will do what is best for yourself by leaving me strictly alone to write what I please, as I please.
I'll appreciate it if you'll leave me strictly alone.
I'm strictly an indoor man myself.
A domestic paradise, where nobody shall ever talk more than is strictly necessary.
Now, fellas, I'm strictly within my legal rights.
Ooh. Look, you're a great lay, but I think we should keep this client-attorney business strictly professional.
Strictly private.
I'm strictly on the up and up, so everyone beware.
Although we have been seeing strictly wire effects here, Sherriff and Whale mix it with intriguing travelling-matte work you've just seen, for the cigarette lighter, the handling of the cigarette and smoking effect.
No, you've got me wrong. This is strictly business.
Strictly forbidden!
It is strictly forbidden to appear in anything except military uniform.
Now, listen, this is strictly in the lodge.
Not that I don't trust you, of course, but, uh, my terms are strictly cash.
Say, I thought this was strictly business.
Peanuts are strictly forbidden in the yard.
Here, at the place of his humiliation, the old man would waste away miserably for the rest of his life and here the story would, strictly speaking, be over.
Throw it in the basket and remember, once and for all: writing notes is strictly forbidden. - Thank you!
We don't know or like each other, but this is strictly a business proposition.
I like to imagine how much more amusing. this scene would be. if the Monegasque soldiers. strictly in rhythm. having marched a few steps forward. suddenly took exactly the same number of steps backwards.
Oh, we're strictly class here, all right.
Well, if you're speaking about Miss Frazier, this is strictly a business date.
Strictly business.
Strictly confidential.
I'm here strictly on business.
This is strictly off the record, of course, but if you got married to an American citizen- Not that I got anybody in particular in mind- then you could get a quota number, and you could stay here.
Tell me, Mr. Smith, strictly as an author to a publisher, where did you get the idea for your book?

News and current affairs

First, we must make certain that the relevant legislation to meet the challenge of terrorism is strictly temporary.
Meanwhile, the Stability and Growth Pact should be strictly enforced, which implies using and strengthening the available sanctions.
During the 41 years of the Cold War, 14 of NATO's 16 members strictly obeyed and complied with American decisions and policies.
Djindjic's murder shows that the situation is so dire that aid should no longer be strictly conditional on harsh reforms.
The best, strictly Latin America-focused steps, are self-evident, if not easily achievable.
The ECB would then instruct the banks to maintain their credit lines and loan portfolios while strictly monitoring the risks they take for their own account.
Moreover, governments are applying more strictly existing regulatory provisions concerning the vetting of takeovers by foreign firms.
Although Belgium recently followed the Dutch way of regulating voluntary active euthanasia in a strictly medicalized framework, it is precisely this sort of regulation that is increasingly challenged.
The initiators of the 2002 Arab peace initiative likewise understood that a strictly bilateral approach might be inadequate, and instead called to regionalize the solution to the conflict.
For decades, the Swiss multinational defined itself strictly as one the world's leading food companies.
Given this, there might be a case for compensation in some cases, but it should be strictly limited in time.
But financial support to the government must be strictly conditioned on performance.
In addition to capricious laws such as those criminalizing Internet telephony, many poor countries strictly control the number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that can operate.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey now strictly control citizens who once helped Chechen separatists.
For example, among the Luhya in Western Kenya, it is not uncommon for Muslims to slaughter animals during funerals, even though, strictly speaking, there is no such provision in Islam.
Nor do I think that a European economic government is strictly necessary.
By transcending strictly national limits, these treaties chart the future path of European defense and will help determine the course of Europe's relations with the United States and NATO.
The Huffington Post covers Trump's campaign strictly as entertainment news.
The implication is that emerging markets, while encouraging foreign banks' entry, should at the same time strictly regulate such banks' local lending practices.

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