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Antonyms for exactly
ɪgˈzækt liex·act·ly

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. exactlyadverb

    Antonyms:
    approximately

  2. exactlyadverb

    Antonyms:
    approximately

  3. exactlyadverb

    Antonyms:
    approximately

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. exactly

    Antonyms:
    loosely, inadequately, incorrectly, differently, otherwise

    Synonyms:
    precisely, accurately, correspondently

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 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"

    Antonyms:
    inexactly, imprecisely

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

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

    just as it should be

    "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

    Antonyms:
    inexactly, imprecisely

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

  3. precisely, incisively, exactlyadverb

    in a precise manner

    "she always expressed herself precisely"

    Antonyms:
    inexactly, imprecisely

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

How to use exactly in a sentence?

  1. Meat Loaf:

    It was great fun. I had a great time, fergie wasn't exactly flirting with me, but she was paying attention to me, and I think Andrew got a little - I could be wrong, I'm just reading into this - I think he got a little jealous.

  2. Dan Gasby:

    When you talk to someone and say you have someone in your family who’s a caregiver, and you look each other in the eye, you know exactly what the other person is experiencing.

  3. Ted Cruz on Wednesday:

    The terrain is very favorable. And we're going to campaign hard, he's won two of the first three states, and I've won one. And we're now teed up exactly where we planned to be: on Super Tuesday, a clear and direct choice for the voters.

  4. Randy Sharpe:

    Were looking into every facet of any assistance, what I can say is, its still confusing at best. Were still trying to wade through it. We dont know exactly what were gonna do. Weve been focused on, how do we keep takeout and delivery alive and keep our brands relevant in our markets? And, when we are given the green light, how do we use our resources to get open as quick as we can, [as]safe as we can?

  5. Joy Behar:

    They say there's no place like home for the holidays and that's exactly where we are this year, happy New Year from all of our living rooms. As you can see we're back in boxes and doing the show remotely, hopefully for just a week, I'm praying that it's just a week but you never know because this omicron thing is all over the place.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#1545otherwise
#2248approximately
#2506exactly
#8898differently
#16206incorrectly
#18971loosely
#50388inadequately
#231570imprecisely

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