not strictly speaking
Example Sentences
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This being Saudi Arabia, where strategic ambiguity reigns as social changes sweep across the country, the government-sponsored event was not, strictly speaking, a Halloween festival.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
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
To all appearances, the trio of barking, nipping, squirrel-chasing imps had been raised by wolves, and this was why they were not, strictly speaking, ordinary children.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
