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Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu
- This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.
- Consensus means "a view or opinion that is generally shared," so expressions such as consensus of opinion are, strictly speaking, tautologies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: technically, stricto sensu
Antonyms: roughly speaking
in actual fact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- properly speaking, they are not husband and wife
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: properly speaking, to be precise
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
přísně vzato
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Esperanto:
striktasence
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Finnish:
tarkkaan ottaen
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Finnish:
teknisesti
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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French:
à proprement parler
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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German:
streng genommen
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Italian:
a rigor di termini
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Latin:
dumtaxat
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Polish:
ściśle mówiąc
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Russian:
стро́го говоря́
(strógo govorjá)
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Russian:
со́бственно говоря́
(sóbstvenno govorjá)
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Ukrainian:
стро́го ка́жучи
(stróho kážučy)
— technically — see also stricto sensu
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Ukrainian:
вла́сне ка́жучи
(vlásne kážučy)
— technically — see also stricto sensu
