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Definition of "technically" []

  • Based on precise facts. (adverb)
  • Having the skills or talent required for a certain job or profession. (adverb)
  • According to the current state of science. (adverb)

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Use "technically" in a sentence
  • ""We are," said I, "the discoverers of James Skaw, which makes us technically the finders of the ice-preserved herd of mammoths -- _technically_, you understand."
  • "While the term technically applies to anyone who steals from a drunken person, most police officers reserve it for a special kind of thief who uses straight-edge razors found in any hardware store."
  • "Having thus, in this sort of general way, sketched to you what I may call, perhaps, the architecture of the body of the Horse (what we term technically its Morphology), I must now turn to another aspect."