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{
"term": "exactly",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something is correct in every way or in every detail",
"sensetop": "exactly how, what, why, etc…exactly as…",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's exactly nine o'clock."
},
{
"text": "It happened **almost exactly** a year ago."
},
{
"text": "Your answer is **exactly right**."
},
{
"text": "It was a warm day, if not exactly hot."
},
{
"text": "I **know exactly** how she felt.",
"contextForm": "exactly how, what, why, etc…"
},
{
"text": "It's impossible to say exactly what happened."
},
{
"text": "Do exactly as I tell you.",
"contextForm": "exactly as…"
},
{
"text": "You haven't changed at all—you still look **exactly the same**."
},
{
"text": "His words had **exactly the opposite** effect."
}
],
"synonyms": "precisely"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to ask for more information about something",
"labels": "(informal)(disapproving)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Where exactly did you stay in France?"
},
{
"text": "Exactly what are you trying to tell me?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used as a reply, agreeing with what somebody has just said, or emphasizing that it is correct",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘You mean somebody in this room must be the murderer?’ ‘Exactly.’"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used when you are saying the opposite of what you really mean",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He wasn't exactly pleased to see us—in fact he refused to open the door."
},
{
"text": "It's not exactly beautiful, is it? *(= it's ugly)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used when you are correcting something that somebody has said",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘So he told you you'd got the job?’ ‘Not exactly, but he said they were impressed with me.’"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæktli/",
"audio": "ex/exactly/exactly__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæktli/",
"audio": "ex/exactly/exactly__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}