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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
ironicnot at all; by no means
just so! precisely!
Idioms and Phrases
not exactly,
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
He says it’s “not exactly harder” to film a oner; “it’s just a very different skill set.”
“Even though Sally wasn’t verbally out and definitely not out publicly, she still lived her life exactly the way she wanted to live it,” O’Shaughnessy says.
However, she received a further shock in 2023 when the HSE – which investigates serious funfair accidents – confirmed there had been a fatality on exactly the same ride in Australia in 2014.
Many of those in Tehran and elsewhere, recall the confusion of Friday: what exactly was happening; how widespread was it; and how could they protect themselves and their families?
But it is unclear from the video exactly what that interference is.
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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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