Definition
strictly speaking: being completely accurate
- "Herbert : Well strictly speaking, we didn't even start filming it."
- "The information presented within my self-published book is not strictly speaking "legal" or "admissible" in a court of law."
- "Strictly speaking, I'm breaking my vows by even sending this e-mail from my laptop...although why the monks have high-speed Internet access and a Wi-Fi network here at the monastery is a mystery to me!"
- "Because, strictly speaking, they're not vegetarians."
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