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From exact -ly
exactly (comparative more exactly , superlative most exactly )
( manner ) 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.
1687 The Engliſh Teacher , London: John Richardſon , for the Author, pages 77-78 ; republished Menston: Scolar Press, 1969 :He, that would write exactly , muſt avoid a Barbarous Pronunciation, and conſider for facility, or thorow miſtake, many words are not ſounded after the beſt dialect. Such as [ …] Wun , one.
( focus ) Precisely , used to provide emphasis. He did it that way exactly to prove the point.
2012 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
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 gymwys
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 gymwys
