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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
/ ɪɡˈzæktlɪ /
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
He will manage the press personally, and try to make sure he gets exactly the reporting he wants.
Under Reeves’ plans, the funds would be consolidated in some way, although at present it is unclear exactly how.
No one knows exactly what the role entails, and given the president-elect’s volatility, it’s doubtful Homan will last long enough to show us.
Ultimately, Trump's 2024 victory reflects exactly that kind of failure of imagination and comprehension.
That’s almost exactly what he said to me – but beyond that, he had no sense of what that meant, or what his story was.
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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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