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EXACTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicating exactness or preciseness

Example:

Properly speaking, all true work is religion.

Synonyms:

exactly; just; precisely; properly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

exact (marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a precise manner

Example:

she always expressed herself precisely

Synonyms:

exactly; incisively; precisely

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

inexactly (in an imprecise manner)

Pertainym:

exact ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Just as it should be

Example:

'Precisely, my lord,' he said

Synonyms:

exactly; on the button; on the dot; on the nose; precisely

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

"What do you—that is, what compensation—" began Jo, not exactly knowing how to express herself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Long-distance funerals is somethin' you an' me can't exactly afford."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and exactly 3 double bonds.

(Hexadecatrienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and exactly 4 double bonds.

(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and exactly two double bonds.

(Hexadecadienoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

To avoid problems, keep products in the containers they come in and use them exactly as the label says.

(Household Products, Environmental Protection Agency)

Increased period of time required for the concentration or amount of a concomitant drug in the body to be reduced to exactly one-half of a given concentration or amount.

(Increased Concomitant Drug Half Life, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Has he/she developed eating behaviors such as eating exactly the same types of food each day or eating the food in exactly the same order?

(NPI - Developed Eating Behaviors Such as Eating Exactly the Same Types of Food, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased period of time required for the concentration or amount of drug in the body to be reduced to exactly one-half of a given concentration or amount.

(Increased Drug Half Life, NCI Thesaurus)

What exactly is a heart attack?

(Heart Attack, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)