STRAITLY, adverb
1. Narrowly; closely.
2. Strictly; rigorously. [For this, strictly is now used.]
3. Closely; intimately.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Genesis 43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have yeanother brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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