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strictly
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adverb
restricted to something
we talked strictly business
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adverb
(= stringently)
in a stringent manner
the laws are stringently enforced
stringently controlled
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adverb
(= rigorously)
in a rigorous manner
he had been trained rigorously by the monks
monotonic
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adjective
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
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adjective
(= monotonous)
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
the owl's faint monotonous hooting
increasing
Adjective
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If something is increasing, it is growing bigger.
He is worried about his increasing debt: it keeps getting bigger and bigger.