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• r  indicating exactness or preciseness
  he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
• r  just as it should be
• r  in a precise manner

• Cindy McCain tells NBC's "Today" she's "exactly where I want to be" after last year's election.
• But several new studies show the biofuel boom is doing exactly the opposite of what its proponents intended: it's dramatically accelerating global warming, imperiling the planet in .
• American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks.

• precisely
• just
• on the nose
• on the dot
• on the button
• incisively

• imprecisely
• inexactly

News & Articles

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• Minnesota Twins Closer Glen Perkins is Helping Fans Forget Joe Nathan
  COMMENTARY | It's been exactly a year since the Minnesota Twins' Glen Perkins started sharing closer duties, and his transition from replacement-level starter to dominant relief ace is complete. Perkins' performance out of the bullpen would make former Twins closer Joe Nathan proud.
  June 20, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Sports
• Kim Kardashian's Early Labor: "You're Not Doing the Baby Any Favors By Keeping It Inside," Says Doctor
  Kim Kardashian did exactly what nature may have intended on Saturday. The E! star had a medical condition that caused her to give birth to her baby girl five weeks prematurely, and,...
  June 20, 2013 - E! Online
• Dunkin' Donuts to offer gluten-free donuts, muffins
  Dunkin' Donuts isn't exactly known as a dieter's paradise, but it'll soon have the gluten-free crowd covered.
  June 19, 2013 - CNN Money

Quotes

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• Sonia Sotomayor in Atlantic Online
  So when Sotomayor says things like this -- "I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage" -- it's very easy to label her an scourge of identity...
• John McCain in Dallas Morning News
  Conceding that Ms. Palin isn't yet a national figure, Mr. McCain said: "When you get to know her, you're going to be as impressed as I am. She knows where she comes from, and she knows who she works for. ...... She's exactly who I need. She's...
• Barack Obama in CNN
  I think it's going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak, to help design exactly what we need to do,Obama said.