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Strictly speaking, not busily following an articulated truck (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigidly

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'strictly' is the definition.
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'not busily following an articulated truck' is the wordplay.
'not busily' becomes 'idly' (idle is the opposite of busy).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an articulated truck' becomes 'rig' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'articulated' bit.).
'idly' after 'rig' is 'RIGIDLY'.

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(Other definitions for rigidly that I've seen before include "in unyielding grip" , "without bending" , "Stiffly" .)

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