From exact + -ly.
exactly (comparative more exactly, superlative most exactly)
- (manner) Without approximation; precisely.
Measure exactly so we can be sure it is right.
The edge is not exactly straight.
He divided the coins exactly in half.
- (focus) Precisely, used to provide emphasis.
He did it that way exactly to prove the point.
2012, Amlynn Smith, Lost and Found, page 18:His hair is a semilong dull red and pulled back in a sloppy pony at the base of his neck, and his face is riddled with small freckles and grease, but out here I can see personal hygiene isn't exactly at the top of the priority list.
in an exact manner
- American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact
- Arabic: بِالضَّبْط (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭ), تَمَامًا (tamāman)
- South Levantine Arabic: بالضبط (biẓ-ẓabṭ, biḍ-ḍabṭ), تمام (tamām)
- Belarusian: сапраўды (sapraŭdy)
- Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno)
- Catalan: exactament (ca)
- Cheyenne: tó'tae-
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 恰恰 (zh) (qiàqià)
- Czech: přesně (cs)
- Danish: præcis (da)
- Dutch: precies (nl), exact (nl)
- Esperanto: ekzakte, precize (eo)
- Estonian: täpselt
- Farefare: mã
- Finnish: täsmälleen (fi), tarkasti (fi), tarkalleen (fi), tarkkaan (fi), täsmällisesti (fi), tasan (fi)
- French: exactement (fr)
- Galician: exactamente
- Georgian: ზუსტად (zusṭad)
- German: genau (de)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌰 (glaggwaba)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀκριβῶς (akribôs)
- Haitian Creole: egzakteman
- Hebrew: בדיוק (b'diyúk)
- Hungarian: pontosan (hu)
- Ido: exakte (io)
- Indonesian: tepat (id)
- Irish: go díreach
- Italian: esattamente (it)
- Japanese: 正確に (ja) (seikaku ni)
- Korean: 정확하게 (jeonghwakhage)
- Latin: ad unguem, adeō (la), examussim
- Luxembourgish: genee (lb)
- Malay: tepat-tepat, dengan tepat, setepatnya
- Maori: pū
- Occitan: exactament (oc)
- Polish: dokładnie (pl), ściśle (pl), precyzyjnie (pl)
- Portuguese: exatamente (pt)
- Romansch: exact, exactamain
- Russian: то́чно (ru) (tóčno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: тачно, точно
- Roman: tačno (sh), točno (sh)
- Slovak: presne
- Slovene: točno
- Spanish: exactamente (es)
- Swedish: exakt (sv), prick (sv)
- Tibetan: འཕྱུག་པ་མེད་པར ('phyug pa med par), གནད་དུ་འཁེལ་པོར (gnad du 'khel por)
- Turkish: kesinlikle (tr), tam (tr), tam olarak, tam anlamda
- Ukrainian: точно (uk) (točno)
- Welsh: i'r dim (cy), yn union (cy), yn gymwys
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exactly
- Signifies agreement or recognition.
So you're saying that we have only three days left? — Yes, exactly!
signifying agreement or recognition
- Arabic: بِالْضَبْط (bi-l-ḍabṭ)
- Bulgarian: именно (bg) (imenno)
- Czech: přesně (cs)
- Danish: præcis (da)
- Dutch: precies (nl)
- Estonian: täpselt
- Finnish: täsmälleen (fi), juuri niin, aivan (fi)
- German: ganz genau
- Hebrew: בדיוק (b'diyúk)
- Icelandic: einmitt (is)
- Italian: appunto (it)
- Ladino: djustamente, eksaktamente, tamam
- Malay: tepat sekali
- Maori: koia pū
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nettopp (no), akkurat (no)
- Polish: właśnie (pl), no właśnie, dokładnie (pl)
- Russian: и́менно (ru) (ímenno), вот и́менно (vot ímenno)
- Scots: preceese
- Scottish Gaelic: dìreach
- Spanish: exacto (es), exactamente (es)
- Swedish: exakt (sv), precis (sv)
- Tibetan: ཏག་ཏག་རེད (tag tag red), ད་ག་རང་རེད (da ga rang red)
- Turkish: aynen öyle
- Ukrainian: са́ме (uk) (sáme)
- Vietnamese: đúng rồi, đúng vậy, đó (vi)
- Welsh: yn union (cy), yn gymwys
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