exactly

exactly
adverb
1) genau

when exactly or exactly when did he leave? — wann genau ging er?

at exactly the right moment — genau im richtigen Moment

exactly! — genau!

at four o'clock exactly — Punkt vier Uhr

not exactly — (coll. iron.) nicht gerade

2) (with perfect accuracy) [ganz] genau
* * *
adverb
1) (just; quite; absolutely: He's exactly the right man for the job.) genau
2) (in accurate detail; precisely: Work out the prices exactly; What exactly did you say?) genau
3) (used as a reply meaning `I quite agree'.) genau
* * *
ex·act·ly
[ɪgˈzæktli]
adv
1. (precisely) genau
we started going out with each other \exactly four years ago today heute sind wir seit genau vier Jahren zusammen
this song sounds \exactly like all his other songs dieses Lied unterscheidet sich nicht im Geringsten von seinen anderen Liedern
\exactly! ganz genau!
\exactly the same genau dasselbe
if I had my life again, I'd do \exactly the same things wenn ich nochmal zu leben hätte, würde ich alles nochmal ganz genauso machen
to not \exactly agree to sth etw dat nicht gerade zustimmen
he didn't \exactly agree with my proposal, but ... er stimmte meinem Vorschlag nicht gerade zu, aber ...
to do \exactly that genau das tun
how/what/when/where/who \exactly ... [or \exactly how/what/when/where/who ...] wie/was/wann/wo/wer genau ...
what \exactly do you want from life? was erwartest du eigentlich vom Leben?
2. (hardly)
▪ not \exactly eigentlich nicht
he's not \exactly good-looking but ... eigentlich sieht er gar nicht gut aus, aber ...
to be not \exactly the epitome of sth (iron) etw dat nicht gerade entsprechen
* * *
[Ig'zktlɪ]
adv
genau

I wanted to know exactly where my mother was buried — ich wollte genau wissen, wo meine Mutter begraben war

that's exactly what I was thinking — genau das habe ich auch gedacht

at exactly five o'clock — um Punkt fünf Uhr

at exactly 9.43 a.m./the right time — genau um 9.43 Uhr/zur richtigen Zeit

I want to get things exactly right — ich will es ganz richtig machen

who exactly will be in charge? —

that's not exactly what I mean — das ist nicht genau das, was ich meine

exactly the same — genau der/die/das Gleiche

you mean we are stuck? – exactly — wir sitzen also fest? – stimmt genau

is she sick? – not exactly — ist sie krank? – eigentlich nicht

his father was not exactly poor/pleased — sein Vater war nicht gerade arm/erfreut

it's not exactly a comedy — es ist nicht gerade eine Komödie

* * *
exactly adv
1. exakt, genau
2. sorgfältig
3. als Antwort: ganz recht, genau(, wie Sie sagen), eben:
not exactly
a) nicht ganz,
b) nicht direkt oder gerade oder eben
4. wo, wann etc eigentlich
* * *
adverb
1) genau

when exactly or exactly when did he leave? — wann genau ging er?

at exactly the right moment — genau im richtigen Moment

exactly! — genau!

at four o'clock exactly — Punkt vier Uhr

not exactly — (coll. iron.) nicht gerade

2) (with perfect accuracy) [ganz] genau
* * *
adv.
genau adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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