exactly

Speech parts

1. exactly - Adverb

2. exactly - Interjection

Meaning

In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

just perfectly exact precisely accurately on the button on the dot incisively on the nose yes verily ditto yea yeah amen
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Antonyms

approximately inexactly some about around written
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Phrases with the word

does exactly what it says on the tin exactly the same exactly on time exactly before exactly prior or not exactly

Examples

Every person in our life appears exactly when we most need the lesson that he brings with him. Source: Internet

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. Françoise Sagan

A real man is one who remembers the lady's birthday, but never knows how old she is. A man who never remembers her birthday, but knows exactly how old she is, - is her husband. Faina Ranevskaya

I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. Madonna (entertainer)

The truth is like gold; keep it locked up and you will find it exactly as you first put it away. Senegalese Proverb

You have hit the point exactly. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

exactitude exactive exactiveness exactly ahead exactly as exactly backwards