Basically
Basically adverb - For the most part.
Exactly
Exactly adverb - In the same words.
Usage example: a plagiarism suit alleging that one historian had copied large segments of another's text exactly
Both words in one sentence
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CLANNAD has Fuko Ibuki who, despite not actually being dead, is still not exactly... well, basically, the real Fuko Ibuki is in a coma, while her "ghost" of sorts is running around at the school.
Source: Cute Ghost Girl - Ash is a dependable guy, but he's not exactly fit to do the bills and the vacuuming, meaning that Marona basically manages an entire island by herself.
Source: Broken Hero -
Basically when Ilias arrives nearly everyone hates him on sight, and it doesn't help he looks exactly like his father.
Source: Sins of Our Fathers
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