Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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“The advances in yields aren’t exactly coming as a shock to stock investors,” said Hardia Singh, economic strategist at Fundstrat.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

For the past two years, the voting public have awarded the UK exactly zero points.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Jeffrey Judge of Chesapeake Financial Planners said he works with clients who are living out exactly what the Society of Actuaries survey describes — and he argued the numbers may actually be optimistic.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The record assembled under oath describes, with uncomfortable precision, the administration doing exactly what it accuses everyone else of doing.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

“The book isn’t going anywhere, and it’s not exactly geared toward fourteen-and seventeen-year-olds.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

exactly

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