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Grammar : Adv
Spell : ig-zakt-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzækt li



Definition of exactly

Origin :
  • 1530s, from exact + -ly (2). Elliptical use for "quite right" not recorded before 1869.
  • adv accurately, particularly
Example sentences :
  • 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

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