Exactly
Exactly adverb - As stated or indicated without the slightest difference.
Quite so and exactly are semantically related. in exclamation topic. In some cases you can use "Quite so" instead an adverb "Exactly", when it comes to topics like precisely.
Quite so
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She quite thoroughly berates him about exactly how he managed to let his personal life get quite so out of control but relents when he manages to show her that he really does love his soon to be family.
Source: Becoming the Mask
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