strictly

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strict +‎ -ly

strictly (comparative strictlier or more strictly, superlative strictliest or most strictly)

In a strict manner.
He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.
In a limited manner; only
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
  
  This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
In a narrow or limited sense.
That term refers strictly to smaller birds.
(mathematics) In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function

in a strict manner

in a limited manner

in a narrow or limited sense