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exactly
[ ig-zakt-lee ]
adverb
- in an exact manner; precisely; accurately.
- in every respect; just:
He will do exactly what he wants.
- quite so; that's right.
exactly
/ ɪɡˈæٱɪ /
adverb
- in an exact manner; accurately or precisely
- in every respect; just
it is exactly what I want
- not exactly ironic.not at all; by no means
sentence substitute
- just so! precisely!
Idioms and Phrases
- not exactly, Informal.
- in no way; not at all:
It’s not exactly funny, is it?
- not completely so, but nearly so:
The burgers are not exactly raw, but they need more cooking.
- (as an ironic response) no:
“Is that the jacket you ordered?” “Not exactly.”
Example Sentences
They can be linked, but they are not exactly the same.
They told him exactly what he wanted to hear.
That was exactly what Jessie Stephen was counting on - because she was dropping bottles of acid over the mail as part of a suffragette campaign for women's rights.
On the outskirts of the town, Phil Scott knows exactly how devoted Fleming's fan base can be.
Knowing that if he retained the lead at the start, the race was a long way to being won, Verstappen did exactly that.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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