STRICTLY SPEAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strictly speaking mean? 

• STRICTLY SPEAKING (adverb)
  The adverb STRICTLY SPEAKING has 1 sense:

1. in actual fact

  Familiarity information: STRICTLY SPEAKING used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRICTLY SPEAKING (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In actual fact

Synonyms:

properly speaking; strictly speaking; to be precise

Context example:

properly speaking, they are not husband and wife

 Context examples 

Mr. Dixon, you say, is not, strictly speaking, handsome?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Often used interchangeably as a synonym for subject but healthy volunteers are not, strictly speaking, patients.

(Patient, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Although used interchangeably with cell division, strictly speaking the term mitosis refers to nuclear division; cytokinesis refers to division of the cytoplasm.

(Nuclear Division, NCI Thesaurus)