"strictly speaking" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more strictly speaking [comparative], most strictly speaking [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} strictly speaking (comparative more strictly speaking, superlative most strictly speaking)
  1. Being totally accurate. Translations (technically — see also stricto sensu): přísně vzato (Czech), striktasence (Esperanto), tarkkaan ottaen (Finnish), teknisesti (Finnish), à proprement parler (French), streng genommen (German), a rigor di termini (Italian), dumtaxat (Latin), ściśle mówiąc (Polish), стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá) (Russian), со́бственно говоря́ (sóbstvenno govorjá) (Russian), стро́го ка́жучи (stróho kážučy) (Ukrainian), вла́сне ка́жучи (vlásne kážučy) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "technically — see also stricto sensu",
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