EXACTLY in a Sentence

Learn EXACTLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

343 example sentences for EXACTLY, such as:

1. The tale was found exactly complete.
2. The train pulled out exactly on time.
3. His words had exactly the opposite effect.
4. Be assertive and spell out exactly how you feel.
5. The birds peeped exactly as we refilled the feeder.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXACTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exactly
 ad.  in every respect; just
 ad.  used as a reply to confirm or agree with what has just been said
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I glanced at Holmes on hearing the description of the murderer, which tallied so exactly with his own.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account, for I have had access to Lestrade's note-book, in which the prisoner's words were taken down exactly as they were uttered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
3  "Thirty-five only," her father-in-law said, as if he had whipped a tape measure from his pocket and measured it exactly.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
4  She liked to leave a theatre knowing exactly what was meant.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
5  This drawer I beg of you to carry back with you to Cavendish Square exactly as it stands.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6  With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket, sir, ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
7  His mind was so exactly regulated, that he had no affections or passions.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
8  For the same sort of persons, who, in the present day, applaud most highly the deepest tragedies, were then interested in a tournament exactly in proportion to the danger incurred by the champions engaged.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  The tale was found exactly complete.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  The arrow whistled through the air, and lighted within the inner ring of the target, but not exactly in the centre.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
11  He had all kinds of people at Wragby, without exactly lowering himself.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  He stayed that time only the three days, and to Clifford was exactly the same as on the first evening; to Connie also.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
13  And she wondered with rage, why it was she felt Clifford was so wrong, yet she couldn't say it to him, she could not say exactly where he was wrong.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
14  'Mrs Bolton is not exactly one of the servants,' he said.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  That is exactly what I think," cried Mrs. Norris, "and what I was saying to my husband this morning.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
16  We need a detailed investigation to determine exactly why these cancers are occurring.
17  The information at the centre will permit the board to determine exactly how close it is to achieving these change management objectives.
18  His words had exactly the opposite effect.
19  Few people knew exactly what the rebels planned to do.
20  He's not exactly thrilled at the prospect of working for his old rival.
21  The viola is exactly in counterpoint to the first violin.
22  They don't exactly overpay their work - force.
23  The birds peeped exactly as we refilled the feeder.
24  The train pulled out exactly on time.
25  There is no exactly equivalent French tense to the present perfect tense in English.
26  The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly.
27  I was sorely tempted to say exactly what I thought of his offer.
28  An observant shop assistant had remembered exactly what the man was wearing.
29  Be assertive and spell out exactly how you feel.
30  You haven't changed at all-you still look exactly the same.