technically

American  

[tek-nik-lee] / ˈtɛk nɪk li /

adverb

1. in a way that is peculiar to a certain specialized field of study or activity.

   The part of the body that relates to the saddle on a conventional machine is technically termed the perineum.

2. with regard to the detailed formal skills and competencies expected in the practice of a particular art or sport.

   There are many artists who study hard and become technically proficient, but they don't touch people in the way that a few great artists have.

3. in a way that relies on a strict interpretation of words or rules.

   Today (well, technically yesterday, as it's now 3 a.m.) I went to the immigration office to see what was holding things up.

4. in a way that has to do with technology or the trades as opposed to academics or the arts.

   If you are technically inclined, you can build a lighting system yourself with some good LED lights and a car battery.

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Other Word Forms

• hypertechnically adverb
• nontechnically adverb
• overtechnically adverb
• pretechnically adverb
• quasi-technically adverb
• untechnically adverb

Etymology

Origin of technically

technical ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The new law that will be enforced this week could prove to be a headache for other owners of AI tools which are technically mostly capable of generating these images as well.

From BBC

This matters not just technically for American mortgage rates or US markets.

From BBC

Under such compacts, the U.S. partners are technically sovereign nations that rely on U.S. financial support and defense.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first version of Gemini still lagged behind ChatGPT in many ways, but Google’s technically more ambitious approach would pay dividends over time, just as its early research in neural networks had.

From The Wall Street Journal

Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, concludes that “current AI systems can technically perform approximately 16% of classified labor tasks.”

From MarketWatch