[ɛɡˈzak(t)li], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description
(e.g: they met in 1989 and got married exactly two years later)

- used as a reply to confirm or agree with what has just been said
(e.g: ‘You mean that you're going to tell me the truth?’ ‘Exactly.’)


Phrases:
- not exactly

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