strictly adv.
(orig. US) totally, entirely.
implied in strictly from hunger | ||
Coll. Stories 89: ‘I know where there’s a silver fox jacket that’s strictly a good deal’. | ‘The Song Says “Keep On Smiling”’ in||
Jives of Dr. Hepcat (1989) 3: Yes the ‘gators’ are sliding in, draped in their mad fronts, so sharp ‘can’t any body grunt.’ Ziz zag pockets on one button rolls, bolero jackets strictly for strolls. | ||
Teen-Age Mafia 22: Once you got hooked on horse pod didn’t do a thing for you. It was strictly for the squares. | ||
Time 21 Nov. 46: At the wind-up of his two-week tour, Soviet Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy announced that New York was strictly Endsville. |
In phrases
in the style of, derivative of, exactly like .
Dan Turner – Hollywood Detective May 🌐 She tried to pull a bluster on me but it was strictly from corn; didn’t register. | ‘Shakedown Sham’||
Naked Lunch (1968) 31: There we are in this no-horse town, strictly from cough syrup. | ||
in Sweet Daddy 66: The whole school was strictly from pigtown. | ||
🎵 A fur trapper, who was strictly from commercial. | ‘Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow’||
Of Minnie the Moocher and Me 71: We were strictly from the sticks. |
driven by dire necessity, usu. financial.
Miss Lonelyhearts (1969) 66: The owner’s strictly from hunger. Come on, I’ll get you fixed up swell. | ||
[bk title] Strictly from Hunger. | ||
Files on Parade 122: Its hard to believe that under two months ago Joey was strictly from hunger as they say but I was. | ||
Pal Joey 1: Under two months ago your old pal Joey was strictly from hunger, as they say. | ||
Commonweal XLIII 2: He is, as the boys say, strictly from hunger, and one suspects a bit of malice. | ||
Deviance 350/1: I was hanging ’round bars [...] I had no place to go, like. It was strictly from hunger, man. | ||
Encarta Bk Quotations (2000) 170: I went into show business strictly from hunger. Starvation helps to turn you into a good actor, I guess. | ||
Julia’s Sister 67: You’re a good head [...] But you’re strictly from hunger with the ladies. Harry the Rat With Women. | ||
Fogtown 27: ‘Girl, you strictly from hunger,’ he said. ‘You ain’t even got a penny.’. |
(US black) my absolute favourite.
Pittsburgh Courier (PA) 22 Aug. 7/6: Strictly my brand — (my favorite). |