strictly

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adv. used to say that something is for one purpose or group only.

adv. used to indicate that a statement or condition applies exclusively to a specific person, group, or activity.

“This parking area is strictly for staff members with a valid permit.”

“The funds were strictly allocated for infrastructure repairs, meaning they could not be diverted to cover administrative salaries.”

C1 · Advanced Formal

adv. used when you are talking about the exact or literal meaning of a word.

adv. used to indicate that a word or phrase is being used in its most precise, literal, or technical sense.

“Strictly speaking, a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.”

“Strictly speaking, the agreement is not a treaty but a memorandum of understanding between the two departments.”

C2 · Proficiency Mathematics Technical

adv. in math, used to show that one value is always greater or smaller than another, never equal.

adv. describing a relationship where an inequality holds without the possibility of equality.

“The function is strictly increasing, so the line always goes up.”

“A strictly monotonic function ensures that for any two distinct points in the domain, their images are also distinct.”