exactly

English

Etymology

exact +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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: بالضبط (ar) (bi-ḍ-ḍábṭ), تمامًا (ar) (tamāman)
• Belarusian: сапраўды (be) (sapraŭdy) 
• Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恰恰 (cmn) (qiàqià)

• Czech: přesně (cs)
• Danish: præcis (da)
• Dutch: precies (nl), exact (nl)
• Finnish: täsmälleen (fi)
• French: exactement (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: genau (de)
• Haitian Creole: egzakteman
• Hungarian: pontosan (hu)
• Indonesian: tepat (id)

• Italian: esattamente (it)
• Korean: 정확하게 (ko) (jeong-hwakhage)
• Luxembourgish: genee (lb)
• Polish: dokładnie (pl)
• Portuguese: exatamente (pt), exactamente (pt)
• Romansch: exact (rm), exactamain (rm)
• Russian: точно (ru) (tóčno) 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тачно (sh), точно (sh)

  Roman: tačno (sh), točno (sh)

• Slovak: presne (sk)
• Slovene: točno (sl)
• Spanish: exactamente (es)
• Swedish: exakt (sv), prick (sv)
• Turkish: kesinlikle (tr), tam (tr)
• Ukrainian: точно (uk) (točno) 

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)
• Finnish: täsmälleen (fi)
• German: ganz genau (de)

• Russian: именно (ru) (ímenno) 
• Scots: preceese
• Scottish Gaelic: dìreach (gd)