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UK
/ɛɡzˈæktnəs/
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NOUN
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the quality of being exact
a man of great exactitude
he demanded exactness in all details
How To Use exactness In A Sentence
- Despite the inherent inexactness of reproduction cost estimates, he insisted that their economic importance was such that they could not be ignored when they markedly differed from actual cost figures.
- Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
- It's almost impossible to describe their unforced exactness, their unrushed economy.
- Words from the heart find their mark, despite their inexactness! Le mot juste - French Word-A-Day
- Second, in most cases, such a test is exact or, to the extent it is less than exact, the inexactness will work in favour of the accused.
- The circumstances of the transits of Venus repeat themselves with great exactness after a period of 243 years.
- And it is unreal to assume, as you seem to, that his current inexactness is sufficiently elastic to cover all eventualities between now and November. Obama: Don't Be Confused, I'm Serious About Ending War
- The method features speediness, exactness , impersonality , and non - invasion to the sample.
- People who don't grasp the inexactness of all this are constantly misled. The Recovery Is Coming
- This characteristic, aided by the perspicacity which is bestowed upon every jealous woman, perchance enabled her to read the mysterious Sibyl with some approach to exactness. The Whirlpool