strictim, adv. [strictus, from stringo], straitly, closely.
- I. Lit. (ante- and postclass., and very rare): strictim attondere, i. e. close to the skin, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 18: juncta crates, Pall. 1, 13: cithara balteo caelato aptata strictim sustinetur, App. Flor. 2, p. 351, 7.
- II. Trop., slightly, superficially.
- A. In gen. (Ciceronian, but very rare): aspicere, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162: videre, id. Rosc. Am. 34, 95.
- B. In partic., of speech, briefly, cursorily, summarily (freq. and class.): haec nunc strictim dicta, apertiora fient infra, Varr. L. L. 9, § 39 Müll.: breviter strictimque dicere (opp. copiosissime), Cic. Clu. 10, 29: strictim dicere (opp. multa), id. N. D. 3, 8, 19: subjungere de ceteris artibus, Quint. 1, 10, 1: scribere de aliquā re, Suet. Tib. 73 saep.