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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled" [syn: strictly, stringently]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see stringent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay. -- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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