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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

正確に

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seikaku ni

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exactly/ɪɡˈzækt.li/
adverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #250 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"それはまさにその通りです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Used to emphasize the truth of a statement or description; precisely.

    "That is exactly what I meant to say."
  2. 2

    Used as a short response to indicate complete agreement with someone.

    "“It's much harder than it looks.” “Exactly!”"
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'exactus' (precise, accurate), the past participle of 'exigere' (to demand, measure out). Over time, it evolved into the adjective 'exact' and later took the adverbial suffix '-ly' to denote precision and correctness.

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