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1. exactly
adverb. ['ɪgˈzæktli'] indicating exactness or preciseness.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- exact (English)
Rhymes with Exactly
- factly
How do you pronounce exactly?
Pronounce exactly as ɪgˈzæktli.
US - How to pronounce exactly in American English
UK - How to pronounce exactly in British English
How to spell exactly? Is it exacly? Or exactl? Common misspellings are:
- exacly
- exactl
Sentences with exactly
1. Adverb
Place the weapon exactly how you would hold it when you shoot, with the front sight upright.
Quotes about exactly
1. Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
- Audrey Hepburn
2. I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.
- Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil
3. The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.
- Oscar Wilde
2. exactly
adverb. ['ɪgˈzæktli'] just as it should be.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- exact (English)