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Exactly adverb - As stated or indicated without the slightest difference.

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Really and exactly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Really" instead the word "Exactly" as an adverb or a interjection.

Nearby Words: exact, exactness

Really adverb - In actual fact.

Usage example: I'm really sorry I upset you

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Exactly and really are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exactly" instead the word "Really" as an adverb or a interjection.

Nearby Words: realize, real, reality, realistic, realization

Works really well, if not exactly sexually, playing on Yuuri liking to be the hero, and if Wolfram were willing to do this he might actually get somewhere.

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He resembled him fairly well in appearance, but the trope really came into play when he opened his mouth and started talking in exactly the same manner.Paul: ...you really are Boris's dad, aren't you?

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This is really only tangentially related to how hard the song actually is, but it's really the best measure if you can't figure out exactly how much distortion is on the guitar.

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