Thesaurus:exactly

Thesaurus

exactly

English

Adverb

Sense: without approximation, error or deviation

Synonyms

• accurately
• correctly
• dead-nuts
• definitely
• directly
• even (archaic)
• exact
• exactly
• fully
• incisively
• just
• jump (obsolete)
• on target
• on the button (idiomatic)
• on the dot (idiomatic)
• on the mark (idiomatic)
• on the money (idiomatic)
• on the nose (idiomatic)
• perfectly
• precisely
• punctually    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• right
• sharp
• slap
• slap bang
• on the mark (idiomatic) (dated)

Antonyms

• approximately    [⇒ thesaurus]
• imprecisely
• inaccurately
• incorrectly
• inexactly

Hyponyms

• bang on (idiomatic, Britain, Australia)
• completely    [⇒ thesaurus]
• even so (archaic)
• minutely
• smack-dab (slang)
• verbatim
• word for word

Further reading

• “25. quantity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “exactly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.