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properly speaking
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phr.PhraseAccording to a strict definition of the word or phrase being used.
Properly speaking, a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable.
phr.PhraseIn a correct or satisfactory manner.
The machine isn't working properly speaking, it needs maintenance.
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Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?
- When the sun's light is so intercepted by the moon that to any place of the earth the sun appears partly or wholly covered, he is said to undergo an eclipse, though properly speaking, tis only an eclipse of that part of the earth where the moon's shadow falls.
When the sun's light is so intercepted by the moon that to any place of the earth the sun appears partly or wholly covered, he is said to undergo an eclipse, though properly speaking, tis only an eclipse of that part of the earth where the moon's shadow falls.
Book 08 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)
- Place, properly speaking.
Place, properly speaking.
Part 1 - The Last of the Mohicans Audiobook by James Fenimore Cooper (Chs 01-05)
- Philologists have said that there are but two or three languages, properly speaking,
Philologists have said that there are but two or three languages, properly speaking,