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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
There was a cluster of galaxies exactly between Firefly Sparkle and the JWST, which distorted spacetime to stretch the light from the faraway galaxy and effectively act as a gigantic magnifying glass.
She, of all people, knows exactly what will happen to them if they do.
And what exactly is supposed to be happening?
When I open Final Draft and I start working, I don’t know exactly where it’s going to go.
"They are in an unbelievable position to finish exactly where they wanted to finish before this campaign kicked off."
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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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