technically, adv.
(ˈtɛknɪkəlɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a technical manner; in relation to the arts and applied sciences, or to a particular art or subject; according to technical methods; in technical phraseology; in a technical sense.
| a 1652 J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 247 That part of divine inspiration, which was more technically and properly by the Jews called prophecy. 1774 Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry lxii. (1840) III. 404 The first professed English satirist, to speak technically, is bishop Joseph Hall. 1834–5 J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 535/1 Confined to what is technically called the Crust of the Earth. 1868 Freeman Norm. Conq. II. viii. 223 A family which, though perhaps not technically noble, was..eminent and honourable. |