Actually and Strictly

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Actually adverb - In actual fact.

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Strictly and actually are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strictly" instead an adverb "Actually".

Strictly adverb - Without any relaxation of standards or precision.

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Actually and strictly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actually" instead an adverb "Strictly".

Nearby Words: strict, strictness

Going strictly by the game, you don't actually see it and skip over it in the Sorting Algorithm of Evil; Word of God says that what you skip to actually is the siren, after all.

Source: Video Game / Siren
Their usage as such is actually much older, but only in Edo period it was strictly codified and actually enforced.

Source: Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana
Played fairly straight in "The Fifth Bullet", wherein one of the persons of interest in a murder investigation is a UN diplomat from Bahrain who, although not actually involved in anything strictly illegal, did knowingly purchase forged copies of various paintings, is uncooperative.

Source: Diplomatic Impunity

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