in the strict sense

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in the strict sense also in the strictest sense

according to the most limited and exact meaning of a word or idea â€œConservativeâ€ in the strict sense of the word is not a label that fits her. The novel is not tragic in the strictest sense, but it is certainly full of sadness.

Usage notes: usually used to say that someone or something does not have the characteristics of this limited meaning

See also: sense

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I shall not make the attempt, my dear man; but to avoid any misunderstanding occurring between us in future, let me ask, in what sense do you speak of a ruler or stronger whose interest, as you were saying, he being the superior, it is just that the inferior should execute-- is he a ruler in the popular or in the strict sense of the term? The Republic by Plato View in context In the present book, it should perhaps be added, the word Literature is generally interpreted in the strict sense, as including only writing of permanent significance and beauty. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context In the strict sense of the word I am not a Wizard, but only a humbug. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context			in the poorhouse in the prime of life in the process of in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the right place at the right time in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age			in the scuddy in the scuddy in the second instance in the second instance in the second instance in the second place in the service of in the shadow of in the short haul in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short term in the soup in the soup in the soup in the soup in the soup in the south In the South (Alassio) in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spotlight in the spotlight in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the strictest sense In the suds in the sun in the sun In the Supreme Court of the United States In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 78–18, 1971 Term In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970 No. ….. in the swim in the swim in the swim of things In the tank In the teeth in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet In the Trenches In the Trenches in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the unlikely event of in the unlikely event that happens in the unlikely event that happens if in the usual course of things

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