Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms of art or the professions.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.

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  • adverb Based on precise facts.
  • adverb Having the skills or talent required for a certain job or profession.
  • adverb According to the current state of science.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with regard to technical skill and the technology available
  • adverb with regard to technique
  • adverb according to the exact meaning; according to the facts

Etymologies

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technical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "We are," said I, "the discoverers of James Skaw, which makes us technically the finders of the ice-preserved herd of mammoths -- _technically_, you understand.

    Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899

  • While the term technically applies to anyone who steals from a drunken person, most police officers reserve it for a special kind of thief who uses straight-edge razors found in any hardware store.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WILSON 2011

  • Having thus, in this sort of general way, sketched to you what I may call, perhaps, the architecture of the body of the Horse (what we term technically its Morphology), I must now turn to another aspect.

    Essays 2007

  • Max WEBER developed the term technically to refer to a system of managerial control.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • Having thus, in this sort of general way, sketched to you what I may call, perhaps, the architecture of the body of the horse (what we term technically its Morphology), I must now turn to another aspect.

    Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Having thus, in this sort of general way, sketched to you what I may call, perhaps, the architecture of the body of the Horse (what we term technically its Morphology), I must now turn to another aspect.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis (arterial disease).

    WN.com - Articles related to H1N1 drugs made available: DMO 2010

  • While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis (arterial disease).

    WN.com - Articles related to 1 in 25 people in India carries a gene mutation that can cause heart failure 2010

  • While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis (arterial disease).

    WN.com - Articles related to 1 in 25 people in India carries a gene mutation that can cause heart failure 2010

  • While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system, it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis (arterial disease).

    WN.com - Articles related to H1N1 drugs made available: DMO 2010

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