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Meanings of strictly true in English

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Usage of strictly true in English
1
However, Ms Holmes told RNZ her own statement was not strictly true.
Radio NZ
2
People say that werewolves only fear silver, but that's not strictly true.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
3
The relation is, no doubt, in all its principal points, strictly true.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
4
I have said no word to him that was not strictly true.
Under Western Eyes
5
One need not stop to ask if this version is strictly true.
Painted Windows / Studies in Religious Personality
6
But, my dear, all that I am telling you is strictly true.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 02
7
Dare to say, sir, that it is not all true, strictly true!
Parisian Points of View
8
He hadn't exactly lied-hadn'tsaid a word that wasn't strictly true, indeed.
Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth
9
You've given me a version of events that I know isn't strictly true.
Report for Murder
10
Such slanging will not be strictly true in the Irish sense.
The Irish Times
11
Well, that is not strictly true, because a paradox is involved.
Jem
12
As ABC noted, that does not appear to be strictly true.
Wired
13
By many this is considered fabulous; but it is strictly true.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
14
Startling as the assertion may be, I believe it to be strictly true.
Historical Lectures and Essays
15
However, the elderly gentleman was not drunk and his story was strictly true.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
16
Yet it is not strictly true to say that they move of themselves.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory
This collocation consists of:
Strictly true through the time
Strictly true across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common