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strictly speaking

adv

Definitions

  1. Saying something as precisely as possible

    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.
    • Consensus means "a view or opinion that is generally shared," so expressions such as consensus of opinion are, strictly speaking, tautologies.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for strictly speaking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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