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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
That's exactly the moment when you have to work even harder, train more, sleep well, eat better, and above all keep dreaming.
It was PSG who made it happen - and made it happen exactly in the manner Rice so clearly feared.
They have a plan to do exactly that.
“I am not a man exactly like that.”
Baker said it’s unclear how to determine exactly which inmates were affected.
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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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