technically

adverb

tech·ni·cal·ly ˈtek-ni-k(ə-)lē

: with regard to or in accordance with a strict or literal interpretation of something (such as a rule, a term, or an official description or designation)

What they're doing is technically illegal.

Technically, a tomato is a fruit.

Terry-Thomas's character gives a splendid display of gamesmanship in a tennis match that he wins unfairly without technically cheating.—

Tim Stanley

The business happens to be in Woodside, N.Y., in the borough of Queens, which technically isn't part of Long Island …—

Paul R. Martin

While she wasn't technically beautiful, she was striking.—

Sue Grafton

: with regard to technology

a more technically advanced vehicle

a technically feasible solution

Looking through the telescope via computer from, say, your office is now technically possible …—

Aubrey Wallace

: with regard to technique (as in a performance or movement)

a technically flawless gymnastic routine

musicians learning to play a technically difficult passage

… he is a resourceful, technically polished actor …—

Michael Goodwin

Hagen's awareness that his own method of hitting the ball could be improved had earlier helped him make his swing more technically sound …—

Herbert Warren Wind

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Time’s tastemakers were prescient but couldn’t foresee where this trend would go—to our technically advanced, yet cultural fractured era. —

Michael Ashley, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Yes, the courts are technically public for those who have the time and wherewithal to travel to the court (and can compete for the tiny handful of public seats for the Trump trial), but the rest of us have no way to see them, making a mockery of the Sixth Amendment’s promise of a public trial. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025 Congress, which has a slim Republican majority, could get technically involved by threatening to withhold federal funds to the MTA. —

John Towfighi, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025 The astronomical alignment is technically called the ecliptic, which represents the plane of the solar system where planets orbit around the Sun, according to NASA. —

Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for technically