Specific
Technical
Technical adjective - Used by or intended for experts in a particular field of knowledge.
Usage example: although the owner's manual for the receiver was supposedly written for the average consumer, it's filled with technical language
Specific and technical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Specific" instead an adjective "Technical".
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Both words in one sentence
- The fine points get very specific and technical, but for troper purposes, a manslaughter case will not usually come up in your average crime show because they are usually dramatically uninteresting (except for those directly impacted).
- If you want to get really technical, the visuals suffer from a similar but extremely specific form of "Wrong for the sake of accessibility".
Source: Pac-Man Fever -
Possibly a Genius Bonus, as there are certain breeds of cats - thanks to specific recessive genes - that have grey fur, and the technical term for this is a 'Blue' cat.
Source: Webcomic / VG Cats
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