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8 sentences with 'technically'

Example sentences and phrases with the word technically and other words derived from it.


• « By the time Louis XIV died in 1715, the state was technically bankrupt. »
• « Charles imposed taxes and tariffs that were not approved by parliament, which was technically illegal, and then forced wealthy subjects to lend to the crown at very low interest rates. »
• « Louis Philippe, heir of Portugal, was technically king of his country for twenty minutes. He was mortally wounded on 1 February 1908, just as his father was being assassinated in the streets of Lisbon. »
• « Thus, when Emperor Justinian invaded Italy in the 6th century, he did so not only to reaffirm the memory of the united Empire, but to return the Empire to the legal state in which it already technically existed. »
• « However, a growing movement within the Church of England openly embraced Calvinism, and that movement became known as Puritanism (or "low church") - still technically Anglican, but rejected by the Church hierarchy. »
• « The janissaries, though technically slaves, actually enjoyed more power and influence than any free Ottoman elite other than the sultan himself. During their lifetime, the janissaries were loyal and effective in both war and government. »
• « Historians have often observed that the 19th century technically ended in 1900, but in terms of its prevailing political, social and cultural patterns, it actually ended in 1914, with the advent of the horrific bloodshed and destruction of the First World War. »
• « In 1815, Russia, together with Austria and Prussia (and, technically, the restored French monarchy), formed the Holy Alliance which promised to crush attempts to overthrow the social and political order by force. For Austria, this was a pragmatic gesture because the Habsburgs had the most to lose from nationalism. »

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