Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strictly speaking

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: strict-ly s-peak-ing
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu"
"This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable."
"Consensus means "a view or opinion that is generally shared," so expressions such as consensus of opinion are, strictly speaking, tautologies."

Inflected Forms

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

Frequently Paired Words

autohyponym subsense

Synonyms

technically stricto sensu actually really properly speaking to be precise

Antonyms

roughly speaking

Questions

What does strictly speaking mean?: Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word.

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