Antonyms for exactness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zakt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzækt


Definition of exactness

Origin :
  • 1560s, "perfection," from exact (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "precision" is 1640s.
  • noun accuracy, precision
Example sentences :
  • Beyond that, as yet, there was little to be said of him with exactness.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • That cottage was drawn with an exactness that proved how fresh it was in her remembrance.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The commissioners performed their work with much care and exactness.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The vow of obedience was observed with the most p. 60rigorous exactness.
  • Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
  • I speak generally, and not with any pretension to exactness.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Before we can reply with exactness, we must know the kinds of pleasure and the kinds of knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • Danzig twisted two dials at the same time with minute exactness.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • In her habits, she was a living impersonation of order, method, and exactness.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • These lines will aid in securing the exactness of the figure.
  • Extract from : « The Theory and Practice of Perspective » by George Adolphus Storey
  • What did take place we know with an exactness very remarkable.
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden

Synonyms for exactness

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