exact
Strictly particular and correct.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,801 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,915 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- Strictly particular and correct.
exact in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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On the twenty-third of November, to be exact.
Half-Past Seven Stories · Robert Gordon Anderson · Chapter 1
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Elf did the same in an exact copy of Vera's manner.
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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The exact definition of this requirement is given in the two principal rules.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The exact facts he can learn later, or he can leave them alone.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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He had told her not to bring her maid, and he had been mysterious, she remembered now, as to their exact destination.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1