exactly

English

Etymology

From 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.

   He divided the coins exactly in half.

2. (focus) Precisely, used to provide emphasis.

   He did it that way exactly to prove the point.

   • 2012, Amlynn Smith, 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.

Synonyms

• (without approximation): accurately, exact, perfectly; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “without approximation”): approximately

Derived terms

• do exactly what it says on the tin
• my point exactly

 

Translations

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 union (cy), yn gymwys

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

• 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 union (cy), yn gymwys