How to Use exactly in a Sentence

exactly

adverb

• The levers need to be exactly positioned.
• That's exactly what the guys did as soon as Tran left the room.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
• That’s exactly what Ellie and Zach bring to the bake-off in the U.S.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2023
• For the past 35 years, that’s exactly what Robb Report has done, with its Best of the Best awards.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
• How, exactly, would Lashley and the rest of The Hurt Business fit in?
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• The skewer is exactly as the name suggests: three munchkins on a stick.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Which is exactly what has left Uganda ill-equipped to deal with the virus.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
• However, with a record of 48-32, that's exactly where the team stands.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
• For the most part, no two letters are rendered in exactly the same way.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
• The film is exactly 3 hours long and is about the creation of the atomic bomb through the Manhattan Project.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
• What's even more special is that the phase was exactly π.
  — Charles D. Brown Ii, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
• That’s exactly the kind of review a PR team’s hoping to bury.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
• So, why exactly will the duchess and the Sussex kids miss the coronation?
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
• Your Foot Type No two feet are exactly the same (even your own).
  — Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Here’s exactly how to keep your heart safe as the colder season creeps in.
  — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 30 Oct. 2023
• Which towns and cities, exactly, have been sacked and plundered?
  — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• It was placed exactly where the hundred-foot steel tower that held the bomb once stood.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
• The maps can be exactly the same, but the Constitution must be obeyed.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
• And that’s exactly what happened, and that was the start of a downward spiral.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 17 May 2023
• Text the group chat and get packing because here’s exactly how to find cheap flights.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 5 June 2023
• The best thing to do is exactly the opposite: Get more light, get out of bed, and get active.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 8 June 2024
• A day later, the world would know exactly what McMahon was up to.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 Jan. 2023
• There’s a good chance this is exactly what happened on your phone or iPad, too.
  — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Break down exactly how your client tripled their prices.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
• And that is exactly what the whale was doing when the watchers spotted him.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 May 2024
• In this era of concerts, the fan knows exactly what song is coming and when long before the performer hits the stage.
  — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• But what is the price, exactly, for genius and prestige?
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Aside from playing shows and being a dad to his son, what exactly is Noah up to these days?
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 Oct. 2022
• And exactly what that means is sort of left up to your interpretation.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
• Sampson went out in the transfer portal last spring and grabbed exactly what the returners needed, a point guard who could score and facilitate in Milos Uzan.
  — Cj Moore, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025