strictly speaking

English

Adverb

strictly speaking (comparative more strictly speaking, superlative most strictly speaking)

Being totally accurate.
Antonym: roughly speaking

Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu

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

Translations

technically — see also stricto sensu

Czech: přísně vzato
Esperanto: striktasence
Finnish: tarkkaan ottaen, teknisesti
French: à proprement parler (fr)
German: streng genommen (de)
Italian: a rigor di termini
Latin: dumtaxat
Polish: ściśle mówiąc (pl)
Russian: стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá), со́бственно говоря́ (ru) (sóbstvenno govorjá)
Ukrainian: стро́го ка́жучи (stróho kážučy), вла́сне ка́жучи (vlásne kážučy)

Further reading

“strictly speaking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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