How to Use exactly in a Sentence

exactly

adverb

• The levers need to be exactly positioned.
• What exactly is an egg in a hole?
  — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
• And that could be exactly what the brand needs.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
• How exactly did that storm come to pass?
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• And that’s exactly how the park got its name.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
• But no one knows exactly what, as well.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
• That's exactly what led up to that point.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• This is not a civic film exactly.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 May 2026
• So how exactly will this all work?
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
• Who exactly does this kind of thing?
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
• No one looks exactly like their pic.
  — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• What exactly does ground beef taste like, if frozen too long?
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
• At its core, though, the show was exactly the same.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Apr. 2026
• Well, that didn’t play out exactly as hoped.
  — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 24 May 2026
• So exactly how meta did things get?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
• And that's exactly where the brand meets her.
  — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
• But those things don’t exactly grow on trees.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• But how exactly does heat kill?
  — Maria Godoy, NPR, 13 June 2026
• So, what does that mean exactly?
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
• So what does that mean, exactly?
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
• Both teams played exactly to type.
  — Bryan Preston, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
• What does that look like, exactly?
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
• But exactly how deep of a hole have the Chiefs dug?
  — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
• That's exactly what the guys did as soon as Tran left the room.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
• And not exactly because of the view, which is more than fine.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 10 June 2022
• Users can see on a map exactly where their devices are.
  — Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
• So, exactly how does a frost or ice quake happen in our area?
  — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• And Medvedev isn’t exactly a banker these days.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• That is exactly how it is supposed to work.
  — Jesse Plunkett, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• Which leaves us where, exactly?
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026