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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stringently 
  adv  :  in  a  stringent  manner;  "the  laws  are  stringently  enforced"; 
  "stringently  controlled"  [syn:  {strictly}] 




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