strictly

[ strikt-lee ]

/ ˈstrɪkt li /

in a strict manner; rigorously; stringently: strictly enforced.

precisely or candidly; factually: strictly speaking.

Origin of strictly

First recorded in 1480–90; strict + -ly

Traditionally, the community has eschewed visitors and strangers to their towns, and strictly forbade outside marriage.

The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans |Nina Strochlic |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The dinner is strictly private, and just 30 senior financiers have been invited.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Bump Touch Down in New York City |Tom Sykes |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Read too strictly, this would exclude highly inventive works of science fiction and fantasy because they lack realism.

The Birth of the Novel |Nick Romeo |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The second question was about viewing the world in strictly black-and-white (or red-and-blue) terms.

The Right-Wing Crusade Against KStew: How Fear Factories Like Breitbart and Fox Distort News |Marlow Stern |October 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But this is strictly a business case, her Atlanta lawyer, John Da Grosa Smith, told The Daily Beast.

Glock Family Goes Down, Guns Blazing |Brandy Zadrozny |October 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Care of the rooms was strictly included in the boarder's twenty dollars a month, but Kern was not thinking of it that way exactly.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
At any rate, if this be not strictly true,22 my mind is the most important and dominant element within me.

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) |George Grote
It is needless to say that the peanut party is strictly a "hen" function.

Cupology |Clara
You know that duelling of any sort is strictly prohibited by the police.

An American Girl in Munich |Mabel W. Daniels
Dalgleish strictly adhered to Presbyterian principles, and on that account was subjected to trouble.

Letters of Samuel Rutherford |Samuel Rutherford