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Meanings of strictly necessary in English

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Usage of strictly necessary in English
1
I was given only the information strictly necessary to complete my mission.
To Honor You Call Us
2
In general I looked at her more often than was strictly necessary.
Anathem
3
Now he sheathed it again with more force than was strictly necessary.
To the blight: the eye of the world
4
Not that they are strictly necessary from one who looks so honest.
From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
5
He had no wish to kill him unless it was strictly necessary.
Imajica: Complete Edition
6
I have to admit that sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
7
There might have been a bit more contact than strictly necessary.
Dead ever after
8
Perhaps he had pushed a little harder than was strictly necessary.
Blameless
9
This made no allowance for whitewashing the moon, which was not strictly necessary.
The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
10
I have what is strictly necessary, but not what is superfluous.
In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875; from Contemporary Letters
11
He doesn't want those awful pictures in his house any longer than strictly necessary.
Black house
12
The household budget thus leaves very little margin over from the strictly necessary food-expenses.
Bulgaria
13
The rooms for guests are furnished with what is strictly necessary, and no more.
Beatrix
14
But Barbicane interfered, and refused all but the strictly necessary.
The Moon-Voyage
15
Collecting them is addictive, even if it's not strictly necessary to catch 'em all.
Wired
16
Only he could not quite manage to die when it was not strictly necessary.
Alcestis
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common