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# straitly

adverb

«straitly» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/straitly/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say strictly or sternly. The sentence uses the same sense as the dictionary.

### Examples

- And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.' (Torah EXO.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/straitly/#x1)

### Note

Today: strictly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «straitly» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/straitly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«straitly» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/straitly.html) on Mova free.