as in directly
in the same words an ad verbum translation if the giver of the oath mangles the wording, should one repeat after him ad verbum?

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Adverb
  • Proceeds from Purse Bingo directly benefit three charities that serve women and families in need: Alabaster Jar Project, Carol’s House of Community Resource Center, and Shades of Pink California.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • Further visits confirmed that her frequent ear pain was directly linked to her overbite, and in her case, surgery was the only effective solution.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 11 May 2025
Adverb
  • The new study was finally able to precisely assess the magnitude of that solar storm and date it more accurately.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 19 May 2025
  • Japan’s Cabinet Office took to X earlier this month to explain that modern technology has yet to be able to accurately predict an earthquake.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Adverb
  • Some weeks later, Fonda would repeat these assertions, word for word, at a press conference at the Lima airport, as the commission arrived in Peru to begin its investigation.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Distilled down, but the essence of the work and many passages from Melville are word for word in the opera.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Ad verbum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad%20verbum. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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