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
• In the end, Max would not have lost a lot more, one point, exactly.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 14 June 2025
• And when the miles get long, that may be exactly what the Fastest Dwarf in the World needs to make it through the final stretch.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022
• 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
• And not exactly because of the view, which is more than fine.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 10 June 2022
• How, exactly, would Lashley and the rest of The Hurt Business fit in?
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• Put the point of the ball exactly on the pinch-sized mark and hold it with your right index finger.
  — Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2022
• The skewer is exactly as the name suggests: three munchkins on a stick.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Here's a breakdown of exactly what the 2022 Met Gala's theme means.
  — Seventeen, 1 May 2022
• Lisa Ward's son Jace has been gone for exactly a year now.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
• 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 couple shared a son named Noah, who was born exactly five years to the date prior to John's death.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
• 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
• For Ghosh this was not exactly a question of method or form.
  — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• 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
• Alcaraz now has five majors at the age of 22, same as Rafa Nadal did at exactly the same age.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
• 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
• California’s Vehicle Code lays out exactly what drivers can — and can’t — do on the road.
  — Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• The president has full command of the National Guard and has activated up to 800 troops to support law enforcement, though exactly what form remains to be determined.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025