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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But it’s not exactly clear how long those contracts last.

From MarketWatch

“When he jumped in the portal,” Anthony, his high-school coach at Hightower, said, “he knew exactly who he could call to get back closer to home.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When the turbines fell silent at Wylfa exactly ten years ago today, Wales lost its last source of nuclear energy.

From BBC

She finds it "painful" at first, but that initial shock is exactly what people are chasing.

From BBC

“I don’t want to say that. I know exactly who it was but I don’t want to say who it was.”

From Salon

exactly

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