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UK
/ɛɡzˈæktli/
]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæktɫi/ ]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæktɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
indicating exactness or preciseness
he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
it has just enough salt
it was just as he said--the jewel was gone
Properly speaking, all true work is religion. -
in a precise manner
she always expressed herself precisely -
just as it should be
`Precisely, my lord,' he said
How To Use exactly In A Sentence
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- Who is willing to believe that Alexandria is exactly 5000 stadia from Syene, whatever the value of the stadium?
- A lot of us are curious to know exactly what the navy has been told to do.
- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- This is exactly the kind of nitwittery that mikey is addicted to. BuzzFlash.net: published
- It wasn't bad grammar, I meant exactly what I said.
- Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
- Otherwise, the sketch is exactly accurate, and is here presented as the unprejudiced description and estimate of a foreign gentleman, who had no inducement, such as might be attributed to a Southern writer, to overcolor his portrait. A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
- And that is exactly why I say "intelligence" in the context of ID is a dormitive principle: Bunny and a Book
- They need to pinpoint exactly what skills are necessary.