stringently

Variant of stringent

adjective

  1. rigidly controlled, enforced, etc.; strict; severe
  2. ☆ tight in loan or investment money: a stringent money market
  3. compelling; convincing: stringent reason

Origin: L stringens, prp. of stringere, to draw tight: see strict

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