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streng in English:

1. sternly sternly

This is no time for levity. Tepper said sternly
We don't give discounts, the woman said sternly. "Regardless how small. Now, please take off the suit if you can't afford it."
Dima, Al-Sayib said sternly. "You know you're like a brother from another mother to me, but... cheating an Arab is unforgivable. Goodbye!"

English word "streng"(sternly) occurs in sets:

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2. austerely

English word "streng"(austerely) occurs in sets:

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3. austere

Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
The nuns lead simple and austere lives.
The definition of austere is someone or something that is minimalistic, something that is very somber

English word "streng"(austere) occurs in sets:

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4. stringent

stringent guidelines
The law concerning drug trafficking is very stringent.
Confidence intervals with stringent significance levels

English word "streng"(stringent) occurs in sets:

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5. strict

stricter control
Produced to strict organic standards.
Strict security measures were in force.
Along with the plants, animal life, too, was developing in harmony with the strict requirements of the land.
Belinda tried strict diets, grueling exercise routines, and some sort of esoteric New Age detox, all amounting to nothing--she had curves, and that was that.
A strict father makes his children toe the line by thorough training.
Early American colonists often had extremely strict work ethics inspired by their unique take on Christianity.
My ​parents were very strict with me when I was ​young. The ​school is an ​old-fashioned ​institution with strict ​discipline.
I think many pupils prefer teachers to be strict because there are fewer problems with discipline.
Jamie loves meat but his wife is a strict vegetarian.
strict rules/regulations

English word "streng"(strict) occurs in sets:

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6. strictly

Prices were strictly regulated during the war.
The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.
Smoking is strictly prohibited.
My interest in politics is strictly academic.
By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.
It was strictly a family affair for Sam Jones.
But today smoking in public places is forbidden or strictly restricted.
The difference between a strictly quasilinear function and a quasilinear function is that, in the second case, the finite difference between two random points may be equal to zero.
Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Our relationship is based strictly on business.
Brian intends to strictly limit the money he uses.
Entry is strictly for staff only.
From a strictly scientific point of view, history cannot be called a science.
The rule of the road must be strictly observed.

English word "streng"(strictly) occurs in sets:

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