Meaning

1 senses
  1. Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.

    Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu

    This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.

    streng genommen

    стро́го говоря́strógo govorjá, со́бственно говоря́sóbstvenno govorjá

    стро́го ка́жучиstróho kážučy, вла́сне ка́жучиvlásne kážučy

More definitions
  • in actual fact

Examples

31 sentences
  1. This is, strictly speaking, a mistake.

    ruСтрого говоря, это ошибка. — sharptoothed

  2. Strictly speaking, the earth isn't round.

  3. Strictly speaking, the earth is not round.

    ruСтрого говоря, Земля не круглая. — Wezel

    deGenau genommen ist die Erde nicht rund. — Zaghawa

  4. Strictly speaking, a tomato is a fruit.

    ruСтрого говоря, помидор - это фрукт. — odexed

  5. Strictly speaking, that's true.

    ruСтрого говоря, это так. — marafon

    deGenau genommen, ist das wahr. — Trinkschokolade

Translations

6 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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technically — see also stricto sensu:

Forms

more strictly speaking, most strictly speaking

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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