Meanings
comparative more strictly speaking · superlative most strictly speaking
- Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.
Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu
2 more examples
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.
Synonyms: technically, stricto sensu · Antonyms: roughly speaking
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSaying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin actual fact
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech přísně vzato
- přísně vzatotechnically — see also stricto sensu
Esperanto striktasence
- striktasencetechnically — see also stricto sensu
Finnish tarkkaan ottaen, teknisesti
- tarkkaan ottaentechnically — see also stricto sensu
- teknisestitechnically — see also stricto sensu
French à proprement parler
- à proprement parlertechnically — see also stricto sensu
German streng genommen
- streng genommentechnically — see also stricto sensu
Italian a rigor di termini
- a rigor di terminitechnically — see also stricto sensu
Latin dumtaxat
- dumtaxattechnically — see also stricto sensu
Polish ściśle mówiąc
- ściśle mówiąctechnically — see also stricto sensu
Russian стро́го говоря́, со́бственно говоря́
- стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá)technically — see also stricto sensu
- со́бственно говоря́ (sóbstvenno govorjá)technically — see also stricto sensu
Ukrainian стро́го ка́жучи, вла́сне ка́жучи
- стро́го ка́жучи (stróho kážučy)technically — see also stricto sensu
- вла́сне ка́жучи (vlásne kážučy)technically — see also stricto sensu
Cite this entry
strictly speaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strictly%20speaking
“strictly speaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strictly%20speaking. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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