exactly

[ig-zakt-lee] / ɪgˈzækt li /

ADVERB

accurately, particularly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely altogether carefully completely correctly definitely explicitly indeed literally precisely quite specifically strictly totally truly

STRONG

just

WEAK

bang expressly faithfully faultlessly for a fact for certain for sure in every respect methodically no mistake on the dot on the money on the nail on the nose positively right rigorously scrupulously severely sharp square the ticket truthfully unequivocally unerringly utterly veraciously wholly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully dubiously incompletely indefinite partially questionably

WEAK

inaccurately inexactly

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exactly

We can predict the conditions that will lead to these fires, but we won't know exactly where they are.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

When the researchers compared participants' descriptions of waking life with their dream reports, they found that the brain did not appear to reproduce daily experiences exactly as they happened.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

And what Washington reaches for at exactly this moment is nearly gone.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"His genius was the ability to interview you as if he was just being curious, but actually he had researched you... he knew exactly where he wanted to take you."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

I didn’t know exactly what she meant by being a friend to them.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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