exactly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
indicating exactness or preciseness
he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
just as it should be
`Precisely, my lord,' he said
Sense 3 adverb
in a precise manner
she always expressed herself precisely
Related & opposite
- imprecisely antonym
- exact derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | exact |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | precise |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | imprecisely |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | exact |