stricto sensuadv.
/ˈstrɪktəʊ ˈsɛnsuː/ = sensu stricto adv.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > strictly speaking
stricto sensu1931
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb] > accurately
strictly1602
unerringly1645
in strictness of speech, of law1648
sensu stricto1849
stricto sensu1931
1931 Proc. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist. X. ii. 12 Fragments with long and broad lengthwise grooves..with often long and sharp base points, are really the only ones that could be called ‘Folsom points’, strictu sensu, that is to say, points of same shape and technique as those actually found at Folsom and..made by the same ancient people.
1972 Mod. Law Rev. 35 i. 55 In the case of custom stricto sensu lack of consensus enhances the importance of the consolidating effect of time.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 1176/3 ‘A philosophical analysis of the feasibility’ of the structuralist enterprise stricto sensu.
1979 Nature 22 Feb. 599/1 Thus ‘mosaic’ RNAs produced by splicing are strictu sensu recombinant molecules in that they contain data drawn from different parts of the genome.
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