exactly

English

Etymology

exact +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæk(t)li/

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Adverb

exactly (comparative more exactly, superlative most exactly)

1. (manner) without approximation; precisely.

   Measure exactly so we can be sure it is right.

   The edge is not exactly straight.

2. (focus) Used to provide emphasis.

   It was exactly an Eastern gray squirrel.

   He divided the coins exactly in half.

   He did it that way exactly to prove the point.

   His complaint was exactly that she failed to meet the deadline by four days.

Antonyms

• approximately

Translations

in an exact manner

• American Sign Language: SmallO@NearTipThumb-PalmDown-SmallO@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp CirclesSurface Contact
• Arabic: بِالضَّبْط (bi-ḍ-ḍabṭ), تَمَامًا (tamāman)
• Belarusian: сапраўды (sapraŭdy)
• Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno)
• Catalan: exactament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恰恰 (zh) (qiàqià)

• Czech: přesně (cs)
• Danish: præcis (da)
• Dutch: precies (nl), exact (nl)
• Esperanto: ekzakte
• Estonian: täpselt
• Finnish: täsmälleen (fi)
• French: exactement (fr)
• Galician: exactamente
• Georgian: ზუსტად (zusṭad)
• German: genau (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκριβῶς (akribôs)

• Haitian Creole: egzakteman
• Hebrew: בדיוק (b'diyúk)
• Hungarian: pontosan (hu)
• Ido: exakte (io)
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• Indonesian: tepat (id)
• Irish: go díreach
• Italian: esattamente (it)
• Japanese: 正確に (ja) (seikaku ni)
• Korean: 정확하게 (jeong-hwakhage)
• Latin: ad unguem, adeō (la), examussim
• Luxembourgish: genee (lb)
• Malay: tepat-tepat, dengan tepat, setepatnya
• Maori: pū
• Polish: dokładnie (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)
• Turkish: kesinlikle (tr), tam (tr)
• Ukrainian: точно (uk) (točno)
• Welsh: i'r dim (cy)

Interjection

exactly

1. Signifies agreement or recognition.

   So you're saying that we have only three days left? / Yes, exactly!

Translations

signifying agreement or recognition

• Bulgarian: именно (bg) (imenno)
• Czech: přesně (cs)
• Danish: præcis (da)
• Dutch: precies (nl)
• Finnish: täsmälleen (fi), juuri niin, aivan
• German: ganz genau
• Hebrew: בדיוק (b'diyúk)
• Italian: appunto (it)
• Malay: tepat sekali
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• 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)
• Ukrainian: са́ме (uk) (sáme)