strictly speaking

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strictly speaking

adverb more strictly speaking · most strictly speaking

Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word. Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu
Similar: technically, stricto sensu · Opposite: roughly speaking

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adv technically — see also stricto sensu

Français	à proprement parler
Deutsch	streng genommen
Italiano	a rigor di termini
Русский	стро́го говоря́ strógo govorjá, со́бственно говоря́ sóbstvenno govorjá

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@misc{strictly_speaking_2026,
  title = {strictly speaking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strictly%20speaking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}