The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LITERALLY , but the solution may also be THATIS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Strictly speaking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LITERALLY | 60 % | 9 |
| NAMELY | 20 % | 6 |
| THATIS | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strictly speaking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- properly speaking
- to be precise
- exactingly
- accurately
- strictly
- strickly
- perzactly
- exactly
- straight up
- straitly
- truly
- simply
Crossword Answer definitions
LITERALLY adverb- Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor
- (degree, contranym) Used non-literally as an intensifier for figurative statements: virtually, so to speak (often considered incorrect; see usage notes)
- Used to intensify or dramatise non-figurative statements; tending towards a meaningless filler word in repeated use.
- Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LITERALLY
- Strictly speaking
- Exactly, or not exactly
- Verbatim
- Word for word
- Commonly misused adverb, or how to read the clues to 17-, 36- and 42-Across
More clues leading to the result NAMELY
- To wit
- That is, to wit
- Strictly speaking
- For instance
- That is
- That is to say
- Specification lead-in
- Viz.
- i. e. or e. g.
- Videlicet.