strictly speaking as a adverb: - 1
strictly speaking
adverb
1 strictly speaking
In actual fact.
synonyms: properly speaking, to be precise.
Roget 494:
truly
etc.
adj.;
verily,
indeed,
really,
in reality;
with truth
etc.
(veracity)
543;
certainly
etc.
(certain)
474;
actually
etc.
(existence)
1;
in effect
etc.
(intrinsically)
5.
exactly
etc.
adj.;
ad amussim [Lat.];
verbatim,
verbatim et literatim [Lat.];
word for word,
literally,
literatim [Lat.],
totidem vervis [Lat.],
sic,
to the letter,
chapter and verse,
ipsissimis verbis [Lat.];
ad unguem [Lat.];
to an inch;
to a nicety,
to a hair,
to a tittle,
to a turn,
to a T;
au pied de la lettre [Fr.];
neither more nor less;
in every respect,
in all respects;
sous tous les rapports [Fr.];
at any rate,
at all events;
strictly speaking.
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Roget 522:
in explanation
etc.
n.;
that is to say,
id est,
videlicet,
to wit,
namely,
in other words.
literally,
strictly speaking;
in plain,
in plainer terms,
in plainer words,
in plainer English;
more simply.
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