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Princeton's WordNet

  1. properly speaking, strictly speaking, to be preciseadverb

    in actual fact

    "properly speaking, they are not husband and wife"

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  1. Strictly Speaking

    Strictly Speaking, by journalist and TV anchorman Edwin Newman (ISBN 0-446-80106-2), sub-titled "Will America be the death of English ?", was published in 1974. In the book Newman "skillfully skinned contemporary written and spoken English", pointing out how the language of Shakespeare had degenerated at the hands of business, journalists and politicians, becoming choked with "banalities, cliches, pomposities, redundancies and catchphrases".

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  1. strictly speaking

    Strictly speaking refers to describing or discussing something based solely on facts, rules, or established definitions, without considering variations, interpretations, or extenuating circumstances. It often emphasizes preciseness or exactness in a statement.

Editors Contribution

  1. strictly speaking

    My personal definition for strictly speaking is truly speaking

    Strictly speaking, fasting means abstaining from everything except water


    Submitted by Coinstory on May 26, 2022  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of strictly speaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of strictly speaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of strictly speaking in a Sentence

  1. William Galston:

    There are actions that, while not strictly speaking illegal, are violations of the responsibilities that someone undertakes when he enters into a particular office of trust and confidence, the article of impeachment should be read -this is my bottom line -as accusing the president of violating his oath of office by doing what he did. That’s a constitutional standard, but not necessarily a legal standard.

  2. Kelly Phelps:

    Strictly speaking, because murder wasn't a separate charge but was tied in with the culpable homicide charge, it's not considered technically ... as reconsidering a case where there has been a complete acquittal.

  3. Anne Richard:

    They aren't really strictly speaking refugees but they are people who need protection and who may well need protection and who may well need refuge outside their country.

  4. Wystan Hugh Auden:

    History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

  5. Mira Rapp-Hooper:

    Strictly speaking, these photos show that China is right.


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