in truth vs strictly

in truth

prep
  • Truthfully, to tell the truth, in fact. 

strictly

adv
  • In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function 

  • In a narrow or limited sense. 

  • In a strict manner. 

  • In a limited manner; only 

How often have the words in truth and strictly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )