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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Exactly how the whale ended up on an island off Denmark's East Jutland coast in the Kattegat strait is a mystery.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“If it’s likely, then do some. Exactly how much? It’s hard to say.”

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Exactly what, time will tell, but this final snippet comes after Season 4 and possibly before the start of Season 5.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Exactly the same could be said about Saddam Hussein’s Iraq after the first Gulf War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Exactly the same relativist approach is employed with regard to facts as to theories; indeed, the two are often indistinguishable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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