strictly speaking

English

Adverb

strictly speaking (comparative more strictly speaking, superlative most strictly speaking)

Being totally accurate (used as a phrase to specify).
The two main vegetables for this recipe are tomatoes and peppers. Well, strictly speaking, tomatoes are a fruit.

Antonym: roughly speaking

Translations

Translations

Czech: přísně vzato
French: à proprement parler (fr)

German: streng genommen (de)

Further reading

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