Strictly speaking

"Strictly speaking" in a Sentence (3 examples)

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.

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