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in the strict sense

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in the strict sense

according to the most limited and exact meaning of a word or idea. “Conservative” 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 More results

References in classic literature

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

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