Synonyms for exactly
ɪgˈzækt liex·act·ly

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1. exactlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   approximately

2. exactlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   approximately

3. exactlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   approximately

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exactly

   Synonyms:
   precisely, accurately, correspondently

   Antonyms:
   loosely, inadequately, incorrectly, differently, otherwise

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 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"

   Synonyms:
   just, on the nose, barely, but, just now, on the dot, simply, merely, incisively, scarcely, hardly, on the button, precisely, only, scarce

   Antonyms:
   inexactly, imprecisely

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

   just as it should be

   "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

   Synonyms:
   incisively, on the dot, on the button, on the nose, precisely, just

   Antonyms:
   inexactly, imprecisely

3. precisely, incisively, exactlyadverb

   in a precise manner

   "she always expressed herself precisely"

   Synonyms:
   incisively, on the dot, on the button, on the nose, precisely, just

   Antonyms:
   inexactly, imprecisely

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1. same as

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "exactly":

   precisely, accurately, just, -exactly, really, exact, specifically, quite, absolutely, carefully, perfectly, completely, -precisely

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How to use exactly in a sentence?

1. Angela Merkel:

   That should be used, used by all sides. But for this it would be very important to know what exactly the British side envisages in terms of its relationship with the EU.

2. Dan Bishop:

   Congress has shelled out more than $100 billion in support to Ukraine since last February, yet we have zero insight into exactly what this money is being spent on, the American people deserve to know exactly where their money is going.

3. Peter Schwartz:

   The core of racism is the notion that the individual is meaningless and that membership in the collective -- the race -- is the source of his identity and value. ... The notion of 'diversity' entails exactly the same premises as racism -- that one's ideas are determined by one's race and that the source of an individual's identity is his ethnic heritage.

4. Robert Collier:

   If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

5. Deland Jessop:

   The decaf market was 10 percent of the coffee market. That’s a huge number of people drinking decaf to begin with, we don’t know exactly how big. But the decaf market is worth billions of dollars, so there is space there.