technically

English

Etymology

technical +‎ -ly

Adverb

technically (comparative more technically, superlative most technically)

1. Based on precise facts.

   Technically he was Canadian, but everyone assumed he was American.

2. 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 […]

3. According to the current state of science.

   For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.

Translations

based on precise facts

• Arabic: أَصْلاً‎‎ (ʾaṣlan)
• Catalan: tècnicament
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嚴格說來, 严格说来 (yāngé shuōlái)

• Dutch: technisch gesproken, strikt genomen
• Esperanto: vere
• Finnish: oikeasti (fi), tosiasiallisesti
• French: véritablement (fr)
• German: eigentlich (de)
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• Hungarian: szigorúan véve

• Italian: veramente (it), tecnicamente (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: Teknisk sett
• Polish: właściwie (pl)
• Portuguese: na realidade
• Russian: что́бы быть то́чным (štóby bytʹ tóčnym), со́бственно (ru) (sóbstvenno), формально (ru) (formalʹno), стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá)
• Spanish: en realidad
• Swedish: egentligen (sv)
• Thai: วิชาการ (th) (wíchaa gaan)
• Turkish: teknik yönden
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

having certain skills

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: tècnicament
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在專業上, 在专业上 (zài zhuànyè shàng), 在技術上, 在技术上 (zài jìshù shàng)

• Dutch: technisch (nl)
• Esperanto: teĥnike
• Finnish: teknisesti
• French: techniquement (fr)
• German: technisch (de), fachlich (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: szakmailag (hu)

• Italian: tecnicamente (it)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: teknisk
• Polish: technicznie
• Portuguese: tecnicamente
• Russian: техни́чески (ru) (texníčeski)
• Spanish: técnicamente (es)
• Swedish: tekniskt (sv)
• Thai: ทั้ง (th) (táng)
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regarding the scientific state of art

• Catalan: tècnicament
• Dutch: technisch (nl)
• Finnish: teknisesti
• French: techniquement (fr)

• Italian: tecnicamente (it)
• Norwegian: teknisk
• Russian: технически (ru) (texničeski)
• Swedish: tekniskt (sv)