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exactly
[ ig-zakt-lee ]
adverb
- in an exact manner; precisely; accurately.
- in every respect; just:
He will do exactly what he wants.
- quite so; that's right.
exactly
/ 瑟伞藞锄忙办迟濒瑟 /
adverb
- in an exact manner; accurately or precisely
- in every respect; just
it is exactly what I want
- not exactly ironic.not at all; by no means
sentence substitute
- just so! precisely!
Idioms and Phrases
- not exactly, Informal.
- in no way; not at all:
It鈥檚 not exactly funny, is it?
- not completely so, but nearly so:
The burgers are not exactly raw, but they need more cooking.
- (as an ironic response) no:
鈥淚s that the jacket you ordered?鈥 鈥淣ot exactly.鈥
Example Sentences
The documents reveal "that Apple knew exactly what it was doing and at every turn chose the most anticompetitive option," she wrote.
Arturo Rocha, a former senior migration official in the Mexican government, said major questions remain about how, exactly, Mexico is collaborating with U.S. immigration officials and how it will care for migrants returned here.
鈥淭his is exactly the kind of tactic you expect from an abuser,鈥 Connolly said in a statement.
It鈥檚 unclear where exactly the series will pick up, but it will be based off Kwan鈥檚 books.
This bred competition and hunger, because I knew the other guys were trying to do exactly the same thing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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