1.
[syn: strictly, stringently]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[i^]n"jent), a. [L. stringens,
-entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See
Strain.]
Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;
rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
[1913 Webster]
They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a
more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] -- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stringently
adv 1: in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently
enforced"; "stringently controlled" [syn: strictly,
stringently]