not strictly speaking

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

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Investing in a product in order to personally promote it in exchange for more followers, even when there are affiliate commissions involved, is not, strictly speaking, multilevel marketing.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021

However, it’s not, strictly speaking, legal to sell CBD as a dietary supplement, per the Food and Drug Administration.

From The Verge • Jan. 13, 2021

“Somewhere in a distant second hand dimension,” announces the title card at the beginning of “The Watch,” a Pratchett-based television series — not strictly speaking an adaptation — premiering Sunday on BBC America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2021

"I was very surprised because I'm not strictly speaking a poet," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2020

“Very odd! but one never does form a just idea of any body beforehand. One takes up a notion, and runs away with it. Mr. Dixon, you say, is not, strictly speaking, handsome?”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

not strictly speaking

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