Definitions for EXACTLY
ɪgˈzækt liex·act·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. precisely, exactly, justadverb

   indicating exactness or preciseness

   "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"

2. precisely, exactly, on the nose, on the dot, on the buttonadverb

   just as it should be

   "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

3. precisely, incisively, exactlyadverb

   in a precise manner

   "she always expressed herself precisely"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exactlyadverb

   without approximation; precisely.

2. exactlyadverb

   Used to provide emphasis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exactlyadverb

   Accurately; nicely; thoroughly.

   Etymology: from exact.

   Both of ’em knew mankind exactly well; for both of ’em began that study in themselves. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   The religion they profess is such, that the more exactly it is sifted by pure unbiassed reason, the more reasonable still it will be found. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exactlyadverb

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exactlyadverb

   In an exact manner.

   We have identical goals in our marriage that are exactly aligned therefore we achieve easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXACTLY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1118

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXACTLY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #458

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXACTLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #96

How to pronounce EXACTLY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say EXACTLY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXACTLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXACTLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of EXACTLY in a Sentence

1. Mark Carney:

   It will pass, the medical situation will pass. With time there will be a vaccine, the spread of the virus will be arrested. We don't know exactly what that period of time is, nor do the expert epidemiologists, they talk in terms of scenarios and probabilities, quite rightly so, we have the resilience in the system that has been built up over a decade that can withstand all of those scenarios.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   Political posturing, looking for leverage in the 11th hour, trying to get exactly what you want in a bill, that's all pretty much standard operating procedure.

3. Donald Trump:

   It is clear to me that we can not prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement, the Iran deal is defective at The Iran deal core. If we do nothing we know exactly what will happen.

4. Jale Uncu of Zealand Tattoo:

   I wouldn’t understand exactly why they would be getting upset about this particular individual when it’s so well spread internationally… all parts of the globe and all ethnic origins.

5. Oliver Ryder:

   This is truly an amazing discovery, we were not exactly looking for evidence of parthenogenesis, it just hit us in the face. We only confirmed it because of the normal genetic studies we do to prove parentage. Our results showed that both eggs possessed the expected male ZZ sex chromosomes, but all markers were only inherited from their dams, verifying our findings.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EXACTLY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exactly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=EXACTLY
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EXACTLY