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Synonyms for exactly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ig-zakt-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzækt li |
Top 10 synonyms for exactly
- bang
- expressly
- faithfully
- faultlessly
- for a fact
- for certain
- for sure
- in every respect
- just
- methodically
- no mistake
- on the dot
- on the money
- on the nail
- on the nose
- positively
- quite
- right
- rigorously
- scrupulously
- severely
- sharp
- specifically
- square
- strictly
- the ticket
- totally
- truly
- truthfully
- unequivocally
- unerringly
- utterly
- veraciously
- wholly
Définition of exactly
Origin :- 1530s, from exact + -ly (2). Elliptical use for "quite right" not recorded before 1869.
- adv accurately, particularly
- Exactly in the measure that he indulged this would his pride smart.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She certainly knew he was liable to go at any time, in exactly the way he did go.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Exactly, you can give half of 'em cards and spades and both casinos, Mrs. Wybert.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Exactly; and there ain't really any reason why you can't be somebody here.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It's funny—that's exactly what I told Aunt Cornelia about that—that man.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He waited an eternity; in actual time it was exactly ten minutes.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- They may walk, to be sure, but it is exactly the inducement to walk that they require.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- He was sure she would be exactly suited to the part in "The Reckoning."
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- He said it had been so described to him exactly, and he was well pleased that I knew it.
- Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
- Exactly what that principle was I could not at the time have said; I merely recognised it as being there.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Antonyms for exactly
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