technically
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technically (comparative more technically, superlative most technically)
- Based on precise facts, which however may be contrary to common misbelief or to a traditional name.
- Technically he was Canadian, but everyone assumed he was American.
- Technically Guinea pig is not a pig, nor is it from Guinea.
- Based on formal (de jure) arguments, which however may be misleading.
- Due to an omission in the peace treaty of the Russo-Japanese War, Montenegro was technically at war with Japan for 102 years.
- Stalin was not technically the Head of State.
- Having or using the skills or talent required for a certain job or profession.
- Although she is technically gifted, her piano playing lacks passion.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- The ladies were not much the wiser, though, I confess, they were not far removed from the door. The great men inside talked indistinctly and technically, and once Doctor Dillon was so unfeeling as to crack a joke […]
- According to the current state of technology.
- For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.
Translations[edit]
based on precise facts, which however may be contrary to common misbelief or to a traditional name
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based on formal (de jure) arguments, which however may be misleading
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having or using the skills or talent required for a certain job or profession
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according to the current state of technology
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