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exactly
adverb
1 exactly
Indicating exactness or preciseness:
— He was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do.
synonyms: just, precisely, properly.
Roget 19:
literally,
to the letter,
verbatim,
literatim [Lat.],
sic,
totidem verbis [Lat.],
word for word,
mot a mot [Fr.];
exactly,
precisely.
Roget 25:
to the tune of,
all of,
a full,
the sum of,
fully,
exactly,
precisely.
Roget 132a:
on time,
punctually,
at the deadline,
precisely,
exactly;
right on time,
to the minute;
in time;
in good time,
in military time,
in pudding time†,
in due time;
time enough;
with no time to spare,
by a hair's breadth.
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Roget 488:
yes,
yea,
ay,
aye,
true;
good;
well;
very well,
very true;
well and good;
granted;
even so,
just so;
to be sure,
'thou hast said',"
you said it,
you said a mouthful;
truly,
exactly,
precisely,
that's just it,
indeed,
certainly,
you bet,
certes [Lat.],
ex concesso [Lat.];
of course,
unquestionably,
assuredly,
no doubt,
doubtless;
naturally,
natch.
be it so;
so be it,
so let it be;
amen;
willingly
etc.
602.
affirmatively,
in the affirmative.
OK,
all right,
might as well,
why not;?
with one consent,
with one voice,
with one accord;
unanimously,
una voce,
by common consent,
in chorus,
to a man;
nem.
con,
nemine contradicente [Lat.];
nemine dissentiente [Lat.];
without a dissentient voice;
as one man,
one and all,
on all hands.
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Roget 494:
truly
etc.
adj.;
verily,
indeed,
really,
in reality;
with truth
etc.
(veracity)
543;
certainly
etc.
(certain)
474;
actually
etc.
(existence)
1;
in effect
etc.
(intrinsically)
5.
exactly
etc.
adj.;
ad amussim [Lat.];
verbatim,
verbatim et literatim [Lat.];
word for word,
literally,
literatim [Lat.],
totidem vervis [Lat.],
sic,
to the letter,
chapter and verse,
ipsissimis verbis [Lat.];
ad unguem [Lat.];
to an inch;
to a nicety,
to a hair,
to a tittle,
to a turn,
to a T;
au pied de la lettre [Fr.];
neither more nor less;
in every respect,
in all respects;
sous tous les rapports [Fr.];
at any rate,
at all events;
strictly speaking.
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