STRINGENT

Stringent

Part of speech: adj Syn: severe; rigid; inflexible Ant: lenient; flexible

Def: restrictive; imposing demanding standards

Holden was repressively **stringent** on Phoebe's ability to join him in escaping the phonies of New York; he refused to take her with him.



The teacher made it clear that she was going to be very **stringent** on the fact that the students could not talk during the exam.

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