What is one word for “Not technically”?
Is it figuratively?
“Not technically” can have a range of contextual meanings. Please use the word in the context you intend in a representative sentence, so we can get the flavor of your intended use .
“More or less”?
“Loosely” ?
I’m guessing the OP means, “if you are being precise about it, no, but in loose terms we can say the answer is yes.”
e.g., “Is Pluto a planet in our solar system?” -“Not technically…”
(has there been a great debate about that one yet? )
practically?
‘for all intents and purposes’?
‘de facto’? (As opposed to de jure.)
‘generally’?
We need more context.
The example of Is Pluto in our solar system?
Not technically…
is what i meant.
thank you guys for your suggestions!
In this particular example, I suppose you could use the positive “peripheral” or “peripherally related”, “In periphery to.” This would eliminate the negative “technically not”.
“The Romance languages are peripheral to the English language.”
Technically it belongs to the Germanic branch.
Err… technically should that be?
“The English language is peripheral to the Romance languages.”
???
Either way periphery is the same, I suppose?