technicallyadverb
uk/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl.i/C2 according to an exact understanding of rules, facts, etc.:
Technically, the country's economic problems are over, but recovery will be slow.
young people who are technically still children
C1 in a way that relates to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science and industry:
technically advanced weapons
in a way that relates to practical skills and methods that are used in a particular activity:
It was a technically brilliant performance.
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- The coda is often more technically difficult than the rest of the piece.
- Tamsin Palmer gave an impressive and technically adept performance on the piano.
- Technically, a building on this scale is very problematic.
- Their civilization was technically very advanced.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- bang
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- flat
- in so many words idiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- strictly speaking idiom
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
- verbatim
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Subjects & disciplines
Inventing, designing and innovation
Skill, talent and ability