Technically
['teknɪklɪ] or ['tɛknɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) with regard to technical skill and the technology available; 'a technically brilliant solution'.
(adv.) with regard to technique; 'technically lagging behind the Japanese'; 'a technically brilliant boxer'.
(adv.) according to the exact meaning; according to the facts; 'technically, a bank's reserves belong to the stockholders'; 'technically, the term is no longer used by experts'.
Edited by Juanita--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
Checker: Mitchell
Examples
- The particles are not dissolved in the water, but are held there in suspension, as we call it technically. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I suppose that you will admit that the action is morally justifiable, though technically criminal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Military cannon are divided into three classes, based upon the length of caliber, and technically known as guns, mortars and howitzers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The latter assumes continuity; the former state or imply certain basic divisions, separations, or antitheses, technically called dualisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But there is no magic attached to material stated in technically correct scientific form. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Of all the vast group of salts, the most abundant as well as the most important is common salt, known technically as sodium chloride because of its two constituents, sodium and chlorine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I don't mean technically Christian. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was traced on ruled lines, in the cramped, conventional, copy-book character technically termed small hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Technically, no doubt, but practically not. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This is technically termed the neutral wire, and in the discharge of its functions lies the solution of the problem of economical distribution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here there has been provided a solid concrete cellar floor, technically called footing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After the station had been running several months and was technically a success, we began to look after the financial part. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The ordinary telephone connection consists of two wires technically called a telephone circuit, each wire constituting one side of the circuit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is evidence that the need of technically trained men became more and more pressing as the Empire developed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Mitchell